Madrid’s compliment trains the Austrian team at the first time in 16 months

The Austrian David Alaba, Central Del Real Madrid, He returned on Tuesday to practice with the National Alpine Country team for the first time since he experienced an anterior cross ligament knee injury, almost 16 months ago.

As reported by the local APA agency, Alaba, 32 years oldhe completed his first training session with the national team of Austriawith the eye against the fight against Serbia of the qualified phase of the Nations League, which will perform next Thursday at Ernst Happer in Vienna.

As captain of the Austrian group, praise He played his final game as international-the number 105-on November 21, 2023 with a friend of Vienna against Germany (2-0).

One month later, the Viennese footballer suffered a complex knee injury that forced him to stay away from the courts for thirteen months, until last January, when he returned to Real Madrid, though he was injured again in early February.

She needs three weeks to overcome the new muscle injury, which occurred in the left foot’s adductor, and play again with the Real Madrid.

“I feel so good,” Alaba said At the aforementioned news agency last week. “I’m going to be the whole form as soon as possible,” the Central added, admitting, yes, he will still need the time to have a performance.

“It will take a while to take the rhythm and play a 90 -minute game every three days. It remains to be seen if, in the event of playing in Vienna, I can also play a second leg on Sunday in Belgrade,” he said.

Team Technician, the German Ralf Rangnickhe estimated last week as “not very likely” that Praise Be in a position to play both meetings.

“We are happy to have David come back. But we still have to make sure he stays healthy. I don’t think I will play all the game Rangnick eHere, according to a statement published on the Austrian Federation website. “However, it is important that he is there. His teammates will be happy too,” he said.