Waiting for Valverde

Real Madrid will appear on Tuesday against Getafe with only two healthy media (Casemiro and Modric) and with the doubt of another (Isco); Kroos is suspended and Fede Valverde is still out, who was injured at the end of January and was supposedly out for a couple of weeks. Madrid announced their muscle injury to the adductor longus in their right leg on January 22, which is why they have been out for 17 days. Meanwhile, Madrid suffers without its deployment and capacity in the middle.

It has been a difficult season for the Uruguayan, who has suffered two major injuries so far this year. Between November and December he suffered a fissure in the tibial spine of his right leg that made him lose six games, three in the League and three in the Champions League. And now this muscular problem has made him absent from three league games. All in all, he accumulates a good number of minutes (1,154 ') but he cannot have continuity and Madrid suffers from it.

Zidane already made clear last season his preference for Valverde's game, with a clear back and forth and a lot of rhythm, what the coach is trying to incorporate in Madrid since he returned. “He is very good, he is a modern player, he always advances, he always wants the ball … In defense and attack.”

Despite his multiple physical problems, the Uruguayan has already been able to make his mark this season in the statistics: he has scored three goals and has given an assist. Despite his absences, he is the fourth player who has scored the most goals in the white squad, tied with Vinicius, Ramos and Hazard, and only surpassed by Modric (4), Casemiro (5) and Benzema (15). Zidane is still waiting for Valverde to balance his plan, in the middle of the fight to reengage in the fight for the League and to pass the eighth of the Champions League.