The expensive physical toll of a great victory

La Real reached the limit at the end of the match against Villarreal. He judged him in the first half, but the injuries of braise and Zubeldiaalong with other players’ physical problems such as Remiro, Tierney either Aritz They complicate their task in La Cerámica and, above all, they condition the procedure for Tuesday’s match against Inter in Milan, which will be decisive because it will decide which team will be first and which second in the group in the Champions League, with the important implication that it has..

Imanol is almost never removed Brace Mendez and Zubeldia for that crash. “They are two players who stay on the field and don’t ask for a change and for them to ask for something like this… I’m pessimistic about both of them.” The act of braise It is clear. I was guarding the ball, and while I was on the ground, Capoue He kicked his right arm with such ferocity and senselessness that he almost had no chance of getting the ball. The Galician, with his appendix resting on the floor, began to writhe in pain and took several minutes to get up. He tried to continue playing, but he couldn’t take the pain and asked for a replacement. They immediately immobilized his arm and the first impression was negative. You will have tests to determine if it is broken or not.

What of Igor Zubeldia It is more ‘invisible’. “Igor He was hesitant about coming out at half-time and we had to bring him in to give us another 10 or 15 minutes.” After an aerial dispute with Moralesafter they both land, must be replaced by Pacheco.

Remiro was afraid

But is that it? Remiro It also gave fear. He went to block an advance of Alfonso Pedraza, who launched himself into a tackle to reach the ball and hit the goalkeeper’s right hand with his foot, leaving him lying on the ground in pain. It’s still hot Marrerobut Cascantino, hero of the first half, stayed until the end.

Also Zakharyan received a knee from behind Foyth and Traoré, a tarascade of Baena.

“We’re going to see how we get people back but there are no excuses,” he said. Imanol. “With the healthy ones we will deal with it, he added. The coach continued the string: “Come on and Elustondo affected muscularly, Tierney Everyone went up….” He went further by saying that “that’s what we want, powerful games and, if they are not there, others will be.”

That was also intentional Andre Silva the Cup match “finished dead”, like Odriozolaso he chose Carlos Fernandez for the last section: “I thought Carlos It is important for the last minutes to hold the ball. Despite only having two training sessions, I told him to see if he was up to 20′.” “I didn’t want to take any chances. Andrew and that he relapsed and we had to make a puzzle between one thing and another, which, luckily, went well.