• Zidane. "I don't know why we have so many injuries ... I trust my people"
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The depression of September, the storms that peek through the capital and a team with a weak pulse. A schedule (1pm) , above, that clashes with the appetizer. And a rival that does not drive the box office crazy either. The Madrid-Levante of this noon will test the faith of a white fan who looks at theirs with concern. The two consecutive draws in the League, before the international break, gave reasons to those who left the preseason without much hope. The streak of injuries also has the incumbent team. The loss of the young Valverde , known on Friday, leaves the spine shivering, almost without troops. It will be up to Casemiro to get off the plane and put on the shirt almost directly. Many troubles for Zidane and an illusion stored on the bench: Eden Hazard .

If the coach does not throw you from the start it will be for the usual prudence that he spends with the players with the tender tender. "There is no hurry, we have 21 games in seven days," the Frenchman recalled when asked about the debut of his great summer signing.

"The important thing is that he is ready," the boss confirmed, the first to speak well of Belgian talent at the Bernabéu . It was almost a decade ago, when Zidane held that presidential adviser position, halfway between the locker room and the box. Soon he noticed the mischief of the short Belgian who stood out in the Lille. He warned Florentino Pérez , who since then always had the player on the radar. Afterwards, Hazard's insistence and his football evolution paved the way for the Bernabéu. Few signings have claimed to be as much as he, stubborn in his statements of recent years. On his return to office in March, ZZ smiled when he was told that the star of the Belgian national team was tied.

300 million

After being presented in June before a full- blown Bernabéu , the exhilarating aroma of the former Chelsea has been diluted in a white summer to forget. The injuries and the bad results have stretched the haze of last season, that sad tone that has the board with the eyebrow raised and madridism somewhat shabby. "Hazard is missing ... nobody seems to remember it", they have repeated since the club's high command in recent weeks, thus arming the defense against criticism for the configuration of the squad and the lack of more reinforcements. The truth is that Real Madrid has spent almost 300 million in the market and of them, a third has gone to one of the best players in the world, the piece chosen to take the offensive leadership that left Cristiano Ronaldo vacant.

The goals of the Portuguese are not expected from La Louvière's boy, but that capacity of intimidation, overflow and attacking fire that Madrid so much needs in recent times is needed. Without Bale , sanctioned by his red in Villarreal, Zidane will have to draw a new front around Benzema . In the core, the thing looks even worse, with the injuries of Isco, Modric and Valverde. It would not be surprising to see this Saturday or in the next matches some defense (Sergio Ramos, Militao, Marcelo) as a midfielder. "The squad is this, there are no more changes and we are many players," ZZ resigns.

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