Real Madrid will play against Atletico Madrid in 10 days. What will happen in future? Who will be the winner of La Liga?
Diego Simeone’s team is the leader
As you may know, Atletico Madrid is the leader of the La Liga table. Real Madrid will play against Atletco at the home-stadium of Simeone’s team. Atletico Madrid has 55 points and one game in hand. At the same time, Zidane’s team has 52 points and can reach Atletico in just a few games. Experts in Spain believe that the Madrid derby will be decisive for both clubs. In this case, Marca’s journalists believe that Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will fight for the title of La Liga in that match.
Injuries – scary moment for Zinedine Zidane
List of injuries is very long for Los Blancos. Zinedine is thinking a lot about shifting and changing formations for particular matches. For instance, Zidane played with a very interesting formation against Atalanta. Game in Italy was very tough for Los Blancos but they won in the end.
Fede Valverde, Hazard, Benzema, Ramos, Rodrygo, Militao, Odriozola, Carvajal and others are injured right now. It seems that 50% of the starting line-up of Real Madrid is injured and Zidane can’t feature them. Who will be ready for a clash against Atletico Madrid? Rodrygo, Odriozola and Fede Valverde can start training with the main squad. They will have 1 week prior to the game against Atletico Madrid. Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard are under question. Eden Hazard trained with the ball and his fitness trainer is happy with the achievements. Real Madrid head fitness coach, Dupont, personally helped him to start playing with the ball. Eden Hazard is still working on the pitch alone from the squad. Along with Dupon, Hazard could be ready to play against Atletico Madrid. Karim Benzema’s case is different – he may play because the recovery process is fast.