Zidane debuts defense

Carambolas in the form of sanctions and injuries continue to force Zidane to find defense emergency solutions. Against him Alaves, with the League at stake, he will have to experiment with a line that has never been seen before: they leave eleven Ramos and Carvajal (they carry out a sanction for yellow accumulation) and their place will be for Militao and Lucas Vazquez, possibly the latter moved to the right side due to the needs of the script. Nacho, the wrench wielded by Zidane and the man who has been occupying the role of two substitutes in training, still injured.

Changes for a defense that has been proving forward. Accumulate four games in a row without breaking down or giving up a single goal against Mallorca's Kubo, Real de Isak and Willian José, Getafe de Mata, Molina and Ángel and Athletic de Iñaki Williams and the converted Raúl García. Different challenges in which Ramos has always been. The Varane-Militao duo has much less travel. Its official premiere went straight to the gallery of recent horrors, 3-0 in Paris, but then he showed more integrity on the following three occasions in which Zidane resorted to his services: in the 1-3 process in Bruges and especially the 0-3 at Getafe in the Coliséum and 2-1 in Seville at the Bernabéu .

Madrid allows on average 9.1 kills to the rival per game. With the French and the Brazilian as central players in those four games, the team was rounded off with more, rose to 10.7. Militao received his doctorate last week in San Mamés while Lucas will be the most extravagant piece behind, although not a new position for him. The left, for Mendy.

Marcelo is injured …

Zidane is not superfluous of all forms of troops to receive Alavés. It will without Marcelo, injured. The Brazilian withdrew from Wednesday's session for a muscle problem, and at first it was thought that he could play, but finally this Friday he could not exercise. Marcelo played in Bilbao and the Marseillaise will pull Mendy now. This has been the case since the lack of confidence. Zidane has been alternating them. Marcelo played against Eibar, Real, Espanyol and Athletic, being a substitute against Valencia, Mallorca and Getafe. Following this trend, the Brazilian, regardless of the injury, “had to” occupy the bench against Alavés.