Football returns after the Christmas break and Real Betis visit to Real Madrid this Sunday (4:15 p.m.) on the penultimate day of the first round of LaLiga. The Madrid team is in second position in the standings … with 42 points compared to the 28 that the green and white team has, sixth in the table.
On the eve of the match that will take place at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, the Real Madrid coach, Xabi Alonsohighlighted that “we are looking forward, after stopping for a week, to starting the competition again, to face this second part of the season with enthusiasm, enthusiasm and freshness. “We start tomorrow at home, we want to play a good game and win it.”
The Madrid team will not be able to count on the presence on the pitch of Mbappé. The French forward, starter in all the games played by Real Madrid in the championship, suffers a sprain in his left knee. Regarding the possibility that the Brazilian Rodrygo can play at the start in Mbappé’s position, the Madrid coach thinks that “he can play, within the forward, in any of the three lanes, both on the right, in the center and on the left.”
«It ended in a very good moment. He played three or four very good games, it was a very good feeling we had with him. We need Rodry, like everyone else, to make up for Kylian’s loss, we see how long. We have different options and Rodrygo is one of them,” added Xabi Alonso during the press conference held this Saturday.
