With the last ray of hope left to resuscitate their remote chances of defending the League title after Barça’s victory against Atlético at the Camp Nou on Sunday, Real Madrid faces another interwar duel in Montilivi without further homework on the table to maintain the good dynamics of results, continue injecting morale into the troops ahead of the Copa del Rey final and the Champions League semifinals and manage the workload with the aim of arriving from the nines to the three appointments that Carlo Ancelotti has marked in red on his calendar. But the Italian, who considers that it is “small details” that have tipped the scales on the Barça side in the regularity tournament, still hopes to make up the accounts by cutting the gap to the leader in the eight days that remain for the championship to drop. blind and for that purpose he faces a lawsuit against Girona to which his team arrives decimated.
Benzema stayed in Madrid due to a blow that should not prevent him from playing on Saturday against Almería and will increase the number of games he has already missed for physical reasons so far this season to fourteen. Mendy and Alaba did not enter the squad either, immersed in the recovery process from their respective injuries but with the Austrian issuing positive signals that invite us to think that he can return in time to play the Copa del Rey final. To these three absences we must add that of Ceballos, who is penalized for accumulating yellow cards, as well as Hazard’s last-minute loss, who suffered a blow to his ankle during the last training session in Valdebebas and still has not seen light at the end of the tunnel.
Rodrygo and Camavinga do appear on the Real Madrid expedition, although both arrive in Girona between cotton. The Brazilian attacker suffered an intestinal problem that made him miss the last work session, but Ancelotti has the number ’21’ to return to operating as the spearhead of a trident that Asensio and Vinicius will complete. Less likely is the ownership of the multifaceted French footballer, who once again offered a recital against Celta but suffered a blow against the olive team that advises prudence. The coach hinted that he would not even travel, but finally included him on the list, thereby endorsing the rise in the ranks of Cabinda. Ancelotti refuses to go to any front without his most exuberant soldier, with Vinicius’ permission.
After resting on Saturday, everything indicates that Carvajal, Modric and Kroos will come out of the reserves to complete the eleven against a Girona with whom Real Madrid maintains a draw in the balance of the five previous rounds they have fought in the League.
The permanence, shot
The red-and-whites have beaten Real Madrid twice since they were in the First Division and on matchday 12 of this League they scratched a controversial draw at the Santiago Bernabéu that made Ancelotti explode. Vinicius put the Whites ahead in a thorny match before Melero López decreed a maximum penalty for Asensio’s handball that Stuani converted. “It is not a penalty, they have invented it,” cried the transalpine, who at that time had his leading team with a point advantage over Barça. The Competition Committee ignored the criticism of Reggiolo, but that unexpected setback opened the fall of a squad that had just scored 31 points in the first 11 rounds of the championship.
Girona reached that day in relegation places, but the tie in the white arena represented a turning point for a team that today occupies a comfortable position in the table. The defeat against Valladolid at the weekend hardly changes the scenario for Míchel’s team, which in the event of beating Real Madrid would virtually certify their permanence. “If Madrid lowers the current version a bit, any result is possible. The key will be that we have to play a great game and that they have one point less than up to now,” argued the Madrid coach, who has lost David López, Yangel, Kebe, Borja García, Toni Villa and Aleix García due to injury. but recovers Santi Bueno and Taty Castellanos, sanctioned against Pucela.
-Probable alignments:
Girona: Gazzaniga, Arnau, Juanpe, Santi Bueno, Javi Hernández, Oriol Romeu, Reinier, Iván Martín, Tsygankov, Taty Castellanos and Riquelme.
Real Madrid: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Nacho, Chouaméni, Modric, Kroos, Asensio, Rodrygo and Vinicius.
Referee: Iglesias Villanueva (Galician Committee).
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Stadium: Montilivi.
TV: Movistar LaLiga.
2023-04-24 22:35:21
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