Essential machines of Uruguay in the middle of the fieldFede Valverde come here America Cup after an unforgettable time with real Madrid but there is also significant physical wear and tear on his legs.
The midfielder, according to BeSoccer data provided to EFE, is one of the main components of the team’s success this season. Madrid as he is the Whites player who played the most games (54), the one who added the most total minutes (4,251) and the one who played the most games as a starter (48 of 54).
In the 2022-2023 season, the Uruguayan was already a key ingredient for Real Madrid but this year he took a step forward as in the previous campaign he was ‘only’ the third with the most games (56) and the most minutes (4,402 ). ).
Inexhaustible in his efforts and with a large deployment in the axis, no one in Santiago Bernabeu doubt that it has been important for Madrid to raise a new one League and another Champions League.
Another proof of the stripes he already has in Madrid is that Toni Kroos In his farewell, he left him the number 8 as his legacy but after a long and successful season in Europe, another huge challenge came for Valverde in the Copa América and as captain of the Celeste.
At this point, Marcelo Bielsa, the coach of Uruguay, knows the physical load on the midfielder in recent months. “The times of Valverde and of Ronald Araújo They are so long because they play top teams where the mental weight each match has is added to the total of games and minutes. They play in teams that cannot lose,” reflected the coach after the 3-1 victory of the Uruguay against Panama.
“Aside from that, none of them had injuries and they, especially Valverde, had many minutes of play. To think that this is not going to be reflected in individual physical performance is not possible. Of course it is reflected, he added.
In the first match of the Copa América against the PanamaValverde was a starter, played 85 minutes before being replaced in the last period of Rodrigo Bentancurhe made 43 passes with 90% effectiveness and tried his luck with four shots.
Perhaps a new victory that would give two wins in two games to Uruguay will give Bielsa the option to rotate Valverde for the last game with a quarterfinal ticket in your pocket. But in the meantime, it seems that the Madrid player will continue to be the clear reference for the Uruguayans in the engine room.
Source: La Verdad
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