Zidane faces Sevilla in the Pizjuán his first 'match point'

You know too much to call a game with December half-brand finished, but the trip to Seville opens a decisive week for Real Madrid.

In eight days, the whites visit the Pizjuán, they play the Champions League with heads or tails against Borussia at the

and host Atlético, the main favorite for the title at the start of the season.

Eight days that will mark the season and especially the future of

on the bench.

The Frenchman admits living his most complicated moment.

A game crisis and results (a single victory in the last five games) that seem to feed one another and from which Zidane cannot find a way out.

Real Madrid will not take any immediate decisions because they no longer have a margin before Wednesday, but the result of Seville will mark the spirit with which they face a vital appointment in their fetish competition.

In front will be

, who knows very well how much that bench can burn.

The Gipuzkoan relieved Zidane after that surprising goodbye, but it only lasted four months.

At the first serious pothole, aggravated by a 5-1 at the Camp Nou, he lost his position.

Almost the same as

endure

, week up, week down, before Zidane returned.

The Frenchman knows how to handle this heat: he already overcame a bad start last year and ended up winning the League, but the critical situation in the Champions League has raised the temperature.

In their own way, both, as well as Solari, have suffered the difficulty of Real Madrid to adapt to a life without

and to refresh a historical generation.

The goalscoring force of the Portuguese made up for some deficiencies that were already emerging, and without

there is no one left who can unbalance and break the script.

The downturn of some key players has been thinning the options.

Last season, Zidane managed to rebuild a solid and tremendously competitive team, but in this season the castle seems cracked.

The Frenchman had deserved credit that this streak is putting to the test.

And Lopetegui, who has remade his at Sevilla, threw him a cable.

Lopetegui's praise

"The team is very well managed and I refer to the tests for what it has achieved in recent years," said the Basque, who sees more a threat than an opportunity in the bad white moment.

"Real Madrid is always dangerous and in these situations more."

And it is not clear to what extent it was a sincere warning or just a way to prevent possible relaxation.

For now, Loptegui has given top priority to this match: Sevilla already confirmed their move to the second round of the Champions League last week and gave a good part of his spine to rest against Chelsea.

It cost him a good rejonazo (0-4), but he arrives with everyone rested to try to continue straightening that path that had been twisted in the League.

The Seville team also has its doubts, more fragile in defense than last year and with a severe goal drought, but it reaches the rise after three consecutive victories.

Real Madrid will travel to Seville without

.

The center-back already trained with the group this Friday afternoon, but Zidane had hinted at a press conference that he preferred to reserve him for the two appointments next week.

«With Sergio, as with everyone, we are not going to risk anything.

I don't want a player with an annoyance only to get hurt later.

I'd rather have all the players, but we'll see how we do.

The whites already beat Sevilla without Ramos last season (2-1), but the situation was different: they came from winning the Super Cup and linked 16 games in a row without losing.

The French coach assured that he feels "the support of everyone, the club and the players", but a new setback would leave him very touched, although it seems unlikely that, whatever happens, there will be a relief on the bench before the appointment with Borussia.

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