Alcácer and Gerard, the most lethal Spanish couple

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This was not the best time for

get injured.

Real Madrid, whose defensive level already sowed serious doubts in Mestalla before the break, resumed the competition against one of the most fit forward pairs of the moment.

There are nine goals between

(five) and

(four) in LaLiga, the two footballers who are best translating on the scoreboard the brilliant game of a Villarreal who has become, together with Real Sociedad, the revelation of this start of season.

However, the Valencian did not participate in Friday's training due to muscular problems and it will be a doubt until the last minute.

Numbers that, in any case, are no surprise.

The Catalan striker was already the top national scorer last year, in which he recovered the shine that he had lacked the year of his return to the Castellón team, which made what until then was the largest outlay in its history to recover it from Espanyol.

Twenty million euros paid for Gerard, trained in the yellow quarry but whom

did not quite see conditions to make a place in the team.

The club did not quite share the opinion of the Asturian coach and that is why they reserved 50% of their rights, which made their return cheaper.

After a first year as discreet as that of the rest of the team, which ended up fighting to avoid relegation, Gerard once again exhibited the level he had shown at Cornellà last season.

decision to

move him to the right side

also contributed to this

, where a footballer can optimize his repertoire who, in addition to scoring, offers a wide range of options for offensive play.

By the way, he gave more balance to the team, taking advantage of the tactical discipline and the capacity for sacrifice of the Catalan, whose performance led him to make his debut in the national team at 27 years of age at the hands of

now a little over a year ago.

has also continued to trust him on his return to the bench for La Roja, with which the Villarreal forward scored the tying goal last Saturday in Switzerland.

One goal every two games

Who still does not seem to have convinced the coach is Paco Alcácer, despite the fact that he is going through one of the sweetest moments of his career, which is to say a player whose goals fall out of his pockets.

The Valencian footballer has five goals that make him the second highest national scorer behind

.

To this must be added the four goals that he has also scored in just over half an hour that he has played in the Europa League, which have led him to exhibit the best scoring average of his career.

A goal every 80 minutes is scored by the striker trained in the Valencia youth academy, who, tired of living in the shadow of

,

and

at Barcelona, ​​chose to take his goals to the Bundesliga.

26 goals in 47 games with Dortmund convinced the Castellón club to break again its spending ceiling on a transfer and pay 25 million to repatriate him.

He has scored one goal every two games (13 in 25 games) since he changed the Borussia yellow for Villarreal.

Alcácer and Gerard threaten to deepen the wound for Zidane's team.

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