Real Madrid will be in front of a difficult and fateful week, as it seeks to remove Barcelona from the throne of the Spanish Football League, as a result of having to run two very difficult tests within four days, but "we have to adapt" to the reality imposed by the new Corona virus, according to what his French coach stressed Zinedine Zidane.
The Royal Club achieved a successful return after stopping since March due to the "Covid-19" virus, by defeating its guest Eibar 3-1 yesterday, after it starred in the first half during which it scored its three goals, to respond to Barcelona, the defending champion and the leader, and restore the difference that He separates him from him to two points, after he reached last Saturday to five, after the great victory of the Catalan team outside their stadium over Real Mallorca 4-0.
After an orphan victory over Barcelona in particular (2-0), out of five games he played before stopping, one of which was in the first leg of the Champions League final price, when he fell at home to Manchester City (1-2), he hit the Royal Club strongly in the beginning of return Behind closed doors on the stadium "Alfredo di Stéfano" in the "Valdebebas" center for exercises, due to the work in his stronghold "Santiago Bernabeu". The Real will return next Thursday to the stadium, which will also play the remaining five home matches (out of 10 in total), in order to face Valencia seventh in the 29th stage, before next Sunday it will be a guest at Real Sociedad IV. In light of the crowded calendar imposed by the "Covid-19" virus, and the "La Liga" teams having to run two games a week, there is a risk that players will be injured, especially since they are not at the top of their physical fitness after this long pause.
Zinedine Zidane said, after playing the 200th match for him as coach of the Royal Club: "We cannot do anything, this is the match schedule." He added: "We have a strong team ... We will need them all and what happened today with (Danny) Carvajal and (Sergio) Ramos and (Brazilian) Marcelo are normal, especially after the long break. The match witnessed the return of the Belgian superstar Eddin Hazard, after he had been absent since undergoing ankle surgery, after an injury he suffered in late February, knowing that he suffered a similar injury in early December, which required his departure from the stadiums for two months. And Hazard came out in the second half of the game the day before yesterday, within the five exchanges made by Zidan, according to the new regulations of the International Federation (FIFA), putting snow on his ankle, which raised fears of the possibility of a renewed injury. Zidane touched on replacing Hazard after 60 minutes, saying: “I cannot say that that (replacing him an hour after the start of the meeting) was something agreed upon. We knew that Hazard would miss a bit of a rhythm if he played the whole match. "He played an entire hour, played well, and because of the hit, it was better to replace him." "He was hit, but this is football. He was doing well during the break, and he was happy without any fear. He is happy with what he did and we are happy with his work and the work of the entire team. ”
Barcelona in «Camp Nou» for the first time
Unlike Real Madrid, who has to adapt to playing without an audience and away from his stronghold «Santiago Bernabeu» for the remainder of the season, Barcelona is playing today its first match on “Camp Nou” after returning from stopping, and it is supposed to be within his reach completely, as he faces Leganes Sitting in the penultimate 19th place. The Barcelona players appeared in a distinguished level in their first match after returning against Mallorca, especially the Argentine star Lionel Messi, who scored a goal and passed two decisive balls, after his participation was not confirmed because of an injury that kept him out of the exercises. Barcelona will not be in a difficult situation in the next few days, better than Real Madrid, because he is invited to travel to Andalusia for a difficult confrontation, next Friday, against Seville III, before returning to Catalonia again to meet next Tuesday against his Basque guest, Athletic Bilbao The tenth, which forced Atlético de Madrid last Sunday, to settle for a 1-1 draw.