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Sergio Ramos had

not worn the

Real Madrid

shirt

since the semifinals of the Spanish

Super Cup

against Athletic Club, on January 14.

Two months in which he has suffered the most serious injury of his life: 58 days and ten games absent.

That is why when he recovered the captain's armband against

Elche, he

jumped first to warm up.

I wanted to recover sensations as soon as possible.

He caught himself with

Benzema, Isco and Lucas

practicing fouls and made his teammates wait for the last exercise until he brought the ball into the net.

He scored a great goal, looking after Karim, and took the lead in the final to finish the warm-up with a sprint.

Before the initial whistle, the manias.

A clash of hands with his closest companions,

Nacho, Varane, Courtois and Casemiro

, stretching and official return to the pitch.

He won the first two duels by overlooking the towers of Elche,

Boyé and Carrillo

and encouraged the squad from the beginning.

"Dale Men!", Encouraged Mendy.

"Ferland!"

, called him to indicate a move with gestures.

The Andalusian took on many touches in the exit of the ball due to the absence of

Toni Kroos and Luka Modric

, and because of Zidane's idea of ​​playing long balls to the attackers' diagonals, especially

Vinicius

.

One of the first was wrong, but he was correct later during a first half in which Madrid, despite not generating chances in attack, hardly suffered in defense.

"Patience! Long possession!"

asked the captain.

Protests for the penalty: "Like a house"

After the break came the penalty and Elche's goal, to the despair of a Ramos who protested incessantly to Figueroa Vázquez: "He

has given me a penalty like a house, damn it, look at it

. He almost

broke

my arm," he insisted.

After the heat of the moment and knowing that he had only a few minutes left on the field, the white center-back tried to lead the reaction of Madrid.

He went to the stands and from there he insisted, with the referee and with his teammates.

"

It's incredible," he told Asensio

about the maximum penalty not called.

The club's doctors bandaged his knee with ice as a precaution, after the game time agreed with Zidane.

Ramos, of course, will start this Tuesday in

the Champions League round of 16 match

against Atalanta.

A return match that the one in Beds missed in 2019 and 2020 due to suspension, against

Ajax at the Bernabéu

and against

City in Manchester

.

On both occasions Madrid was defeated.

"Air Tibu! Air!"

, he demanded of a depressed Courtois.

"Time! Time!", Protested to the referee during the free kicks and the changes of Elche.

With the second from

Benzema

Ramos he forgot the ice and the knee bandage and got up to sing a goal that keeps Madrid's league dream alive.

Hugs with Valverde, Asensio and Militao and the locker room, which in a couple of days awaits an appointment that has not played since 2018: return of the eighth of Champions.

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