- Zidane: Threats to the classic: "We don't talk about it in the locker room"
- Colau. "The classic will be played normally"
It is difficult to play Zinedine Zidane in his press conferences, especially when he puts on the expedited central suit. Snatching a headline then is almost impossible, unless he wants to send a message. And yesterday was not the day. Or yes, and what I wanted was to focus on the difficult game tonight in Mestalla. The noise (rumble rather) that surrounds the classic Wednesday does not distract the French, at least so says, with all the attention put in Valencia, one of the toughest places in the League. Reasons has for the category of the rival and for the importance of the three points at stake, triggered by the tie of Barcelona yesterday in San Sebastian.
If Madrid gets the win tonight, it will arrive at Camp Nou as a solo leader, two points above the Barça. Such a situation is an incentive for whites, who will present themselves to the great match of the tournament with many hours less rest than the host and under a very charged political and social atmosphere. "We don't talk about that in the locker room," Zidane says with a small mouth, because it is difficult for players to isolate themselves from uncertainty. They do not know what they are going to find either in the streets or inside the stadium, with the threat of a grass invasion flying over the show. "It will be compatible with the right to protest," according to the mayor, Ada Colau, who dares with a prediction: "It will be held normally."
Landing at El Prat as a leader would somewhat reduce the sporting pressure of Madrid. And that is why Zidane intends to get the best out of his shop window in Valencia, despite the risk involved. Because there is a piece of his eleven starter that will play the 90 minutes knowing that if he sees a yellow one, the classic will be lost. It is Casemiro who will move on the wire, with the extra danger that comes with his position and his football without contemplation.
He will need the Brazilian prudence, tino and head to save the appointment without the warning that would cause an important hole in the white scheme the worst possible day, before Messi. "If I think about Wednesday, I'm wrong," ZZ said yesterday, when asked about Casemiro. Variants have to replace the midfielder, but it is hard to imagine him speculating with him. Your presence in the call is a good clue.
Madrid, which won this season in Pizjuán , will have to continue in its line of recent weeks to be able to defeat an opponent who has grown due to his success in the Champions League, ranked eighth from a group with very tough competition. In addition to the debate on Casemiro, in the eleven of Zidane there are places to be assigned, in all the lines. Behind, on the left side Militao could appear and in the attack, maybe Bale accompanies Benzema . The options of Isco, Modric, Rodrygo or Vinicius depend on the drawing posed by the coach. Whether you dare or not, with the classic so close, to put many rotations is also another of the questions of the duel. "I don't think it will affect them to have the classic at three days," says Celades , former partner of Zidane in Madrid at the beginning of the century.
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