Isco’s return to the Santiago Bernabeu sparks curiosity about a duel in which Real Madrid aim to continue to pressure Barca
Real Madrid welcome Sevilla with the good news of Thibaut Courtois’ return to the squad. After missing the last six games due to annoying sciatica, the Belgian goalkeeper goes under the sticks again for a match in which the Santiago Bernabéu pays tribute to the brand new recipient of the Yashin Trophy and the brilliant winner of the Ballon d’Or, a Karim Benzema who has rediscovered his best version and is once again the attacking beacon of an unleashed leader.
The Whites, who have only brought Osasuna to Earth in a league they currently rule with an iron fist, aim to keep putting pressure on Barça by beating Jorge Sampaoli’s team, who played in the Chamartín Temple. will appear low in defences, but with Isco sparking curiosity in the Arroyo de la Miel midfielder’s return to what was his home for nine campaigns in which he left behind light and shadow.
“I am happy to greet him and see him play. For this club he has been a great footballer and a great person”, he pointed out that meeting the stylish footballer from Malaga, a Carlo Ancelotti who has pleasant memories of the time which he shared with his pupil in two distinct phases, the first marked by the start of who was a great promise of Spanish football and the second before his decline in the ‘white house’.
Saved by the later ousted Julen Lopetegui in front of a Sevilla trying to regain his pulse after a crappy start to the campaign that ended Asteasu’s coach’s project, Isco hopes to get a good reception from the Bernabeu in a match where Real Madrid comes wind in favor, but also with a touch of attention from his coach. “We are not always that compelling, sometimes we look too much at ourselves in the mirror,” Ancelotti acknowledged in the previous.
The Reggiolo coach is aware that despite the wonderful moment his squad is going through, sooner or later he will face a bump in the road and he believes that keeping his soldiers sharp is the best way to avoid that he ends up in excess. of complacency. “There are no invincible teams and we don’t feel that way,” said the Real Madrid coach, who has only Ceballos and Mariano absent for a lawsuit in which all indications are that he will make up for his gala eleven.
After halftime in the interweek game against Elche, Mendy will foreseeably recover his position on the left and Tchouaméni will again act as bodyguard for Modric and Kroos in midfield. This determination would once again place Valverde as a right winger, despite the exceptional performance of Rodrygo, goalscorer in last Sunday’s classic and double assistant to Martínez Valero on Wednesday. The São Paulo player, incidentally, was decisive in the final dispute against Sevilla, as he set off the comeback to the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán with a goal at the start of the second half, which definitively paved the way for the whites’ thirty-fifth league wing.
The abundance of Real Madrid’s troops contrasts with the scarcity of parts Sevilla presents, especially in the rear. In that plot, Sampaoli has dismissed the absence of the suspended Kike Salas in the frenzied final against Valencia, as well as those of the injured Nianzou and Rekik. The good news for Casilda’s coach is that Marcao, who was given a rest due to muscle fatigue against the team with the bat, was added to the list and was able to act as head of a line that earns a lot from his experience and hierarchy. Gudelj could slow down his position to guide the Brazilian and perhaps Carmona at the back, despite Sampaoli’s wrist not trembling at the youth on Tuesday, a flan in that first half as Valencia returned to overcome the Nervion’s defensive fragility team.
Fernando, still affected by a virus that prevents him from playing for a month; Acuña, burdened by a chronic problem; and Corona, long-term injured, are the other victims of a Sevilla that has not won the Bernabéu since December 2008 and has recorded 12 defeats in its last 13 league visits to the Chamartín arena. Nevertheless, Sampaoli, who acknowledged that Real Madrid is “extremely dangerous” and “unpredictable”, is not giving up on the surprise. “We will try to play a game with a lot of daring, if the rival allows it. The idea is not to live as a partner, but to try to shine in it,” said the Argentine.
Source: La Verdad
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