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For two months,
Zinedine Zidane had
not faced a Monday with the tranquility of someone who does not play until Saturday and has all his players at home. Two months in which the
Real Madrid
squad
has lived, and has suffered, between national team stops, the final leg of the
League
and the
Champions
League
qualifiers
. A fight that has forced the team to play matches every three or four days and that has squeezed the first team footballers to the limit. Yesterday, finally, there was a certain tranquility in
Valdebebas
. On the horizon, yes, the league outcome and the future of Zidane and some heavyweights.
After winning in
Bilbao
on Sunday afternoon, only some of the injured appeared in the Madrid sports city this Monday.
Lucas, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos and Mendy
occupy an infirmary right now that the coaching staff hopes to empty. There are no certainties in their recoveries, but Varane and
Ramos
could arrive in time to play against Villarreal. In the case of the captain, who will live the duel on the grass or in the stands, it could be his last appearance in Valdebebas.
When the final whistle against Villarreal sounds, the eyes of the Madrid fans will turn to the Andalusian, who has starred in the club's news in recent months due to its renewal. The conversations are still at a standstill and with each passing day their "goodbye" approaches. The same for
Marcelo or Isco
, with a contract until 2022 but at the summer starting gate. Neither will
Toni Kroos
, who yesterday tested positive for Covid-19.
The exceptional thing about this Madrid week will be normality. Zidane has given
the squad two days off
and they will train again tomorrow. Except for last minute changes, the players will have breakfast at home and will go to Valdebebas at mid-morning. There they will spend the day, although without conspiracies, fraternization meals or unusual activities: session on the grass, gym and
work in the physiotherapy and hydrotherapy rooms
, the latter with four pools and two pools (one with hot water and the other cold) , in addition to sauna and Turkish bath. In this area, and more so at this time of the season, footballers spend almost more time than on the field.
Zidane has insisted a lot in recent weeks on the importance of "
resting and recovering well
" and the players know it.
Most of them already eat at home and do
individual physical work at home in the afternoons
, always in coordination with the club's coaching staff.
A different situation will be that of the game Saturday.
Also without surprises or exceptional gatherings, the players will arrive in Valdebebas between
11 and 12 in the morning
, they will eat together and they will travel by bus (that's how big the venue is) to
Di Stéfano
.
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