Madrid, lacking the French striker due to physical problems, must turn the page on the stumbling block against Girona to regain control of the League.
Penultimate date for Real Madrid before the World Cup in Qatar. The white side, which seems to be running out of gas at halftime due to the great national team tournament, retook the path of victory at the Santiago Bernabéu with a win over a weak Celtic from Glasgow. Now, already in the context of the League, they will have to repeat their win against Rayo in Vallecas to regain the championship lead after having run out of room to play with stumbling against Girona in Chamartín the previous day.
The consequences of the draw against the Catalan team reach this match, in which Toni Kroos cannot be part of the match due to the sanction entailed by his exclusion from that match. Ancelotti recovers Tchouaméni to perform the functions of a defensive midfielder and in the event that he decides to dose the Frenchman’s return, he also manages the option of his compatriot Camavinga.
Carletto has not set Karim Benzema, without continuity in recent weeks and with his sights on the World Cup, so important for the Ballon d’Or after years of being away from the French team because of the ‘Valbuena case’. The striker has not been feeling well in recent training sessions and Madrid is not prepared to take the slightest risk with a true club legend.
Rüdiger, also with physical discomfort, completes the chapter on madridista victims before a match viewed with suspicion by the white coaching staff. Ancelotti and company do not trust this Rayo de Iraola who is once again one of the sensations of the championship. And it is that there is much merit in looking up and not down with the limitations of the red stripe club in terms of financial strength with giants.
The two hasty meringue wins against Rayo last year invite caution against a team that will have its gala eleven to face the white ogre, who has 19 wins in the last 20 precedents between both contenders. Captain Óscar Trejo, owner of the essences in the three-quarter zone of the red and white attack, returns after being sanctioned for a cycle of reprimands. Good news for Iraola, who only regrets the loss of Nteka, but has Falcao, Andrés Martín and Pozo between cotton.
Source: La Verdad
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