Zidane's poker

The hand has finally reached Zidane. Before his eyes a good fan of cards, probably the best attack in LaLiga as a whole. They are Bale, Benzema, Vinicius and the recovered Asensio and Hazard. A great poker from which he will have to choose for the starting eleven against Eibar. Names like Jovic or Mariano are missing and the last minute injured Lucas Vázquez, but there is a lot of dynamite.

It remains to be seen what possibility of the two he has chooses Zidane. Whether to train with four midfielders, in which case Isco would enter eleven, or if he has an attacking trident. In either option, the French coach has five options. These are…

Hazard.

Available again after 113 days of injury. It seemed that the relapse in his ankle injury made him say goodbye to the season and, suddenly, he has become the best addition to Madrid in this break. Your own environment recognizes that it may be soon even for ownership, But the truth is that it starts in the same physical condition as the rest. His was an acclimatization season in which he had not shone: one goal and five assists in 15 games when he came from making 21 goals and giving 17 assists in his last campaign at Chelsea.

Asensio.

The other great addition. This, unpublished throughout the season after he fell seriously injured in the knee during the preseason in the US. He underwent surgery on August 7 and the doctors gave him a recovery period of seven to eight months. It has far exceeded it. The Mallorcan has had time to meticulously comply with all the stages of the process and is fully available to Zidane. The starting trident that the coach devised at the beginning of the season was the one composed by Asensio himself, Benzema and Hazard.

Benzema.

It is the glue that unites everything in Madrid's attack. And he has taken a step forward on the scoring side since Cristiano left two seasons ago. While the Portuguese was on the team Benzema never scored more than 19% of the goals of a season in Madrid. Since Cristiano left, he made 30% last season and has made 24% of this … Remarkably superior but … is it enough for a team like Madrid? Maybe in an attack with Hazard and Asensio in perfect condition, yes.

Bale.

The loose verse of Madrid, author of important goals that have given titles, such as the Copa del Rey against Bartra or those of the Champions League final against Atlético and Liverpool. He has a contract until 2022 and charges as the most of the workforce, 14.5 million euros net. Last summer he had a foot and a half outside of Madrid, and Asensio's injury returned to give importance to Zidane's plan … Pedro did not take advantage of it: just three goals and two assists in 18 games. However, when the players rejoined after the break due to the coronavirus Zidane spoke with him to tell him that he was leaving with the same options as everyone else. And, in fact, it sounds like a starter against Eibar. His agent has offered him to the MLS and the Premier in recent days, but it seems complicated. that, with 30 years already, a team assumes its high salary.

Vinicius.

It has been the best news for Madrid in recent months despite his manifest lack of aim in front of goal. But no other player in the squad currently has the same freshness for the imbalance. His youth plays in his favor to be used by Zidane in this calendar so loaded with matches in which eleven matches will be played in just over a month. The problem for the Brazilian is that he performs better playing on the left, and that is precisely the place that Hazard chooses, the franchise player of the project, to start the white attack. It seems complicated that the two coincide on the field.