With the return of the Spanish league matches approaching, the French coach Zinedine Zidane is suffering more from a headache of a different kind in Real Madrid.
The Spanish newspaper "Marca" reported that Zidane's dilemma in recent weeks made it clear by saying that the most difficult thing in his job is to choose the players who will not participate in the matches or who will leave the basic and reserve team formation.
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And she explained that after three months of matches and five weeks of intense training, Zidane did not settle for the players who will be deprived of wearing the royal shirt in the first match against Eibar, scheduled for next Sunday at the Stefano Stadium.
The new rules of the League stipulate that 23 players are allowed to be placed in the match list with five substitutes per match instead of three.
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"Marca" says that Zidane has 26 players ready and if he excludes third goalkeeper Diego Altube, the total will reach 25 players, which will force him to exclude two players in the matches.
She added that Zidane would not risk excluding any of the three goalkeepers, so the exclusion would be the share of field players, and the newspaper suggested that the duo James Rodriguez and Ibrahim Diaz would be the closest out of the Real's squad.
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With five out of 12 substitutes to sit on the bench, there will still be seven players who will not enter the stadium, to become Zidane's double dilemma, which she called "Marca" (7 + 2).
The newspaper pointed out that the two attackers will be the biggest victim of this dilemma in light of the return of the two stars, Eden Hazard and Marco Asensio.
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