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After their distraction in the Champions League in the middle of the week, Real Madrid are back on the national court on Saturday night when they host Alavés at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.
At Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Wednesday night, Zinedine Zidane’s team scored a crucial victory in their quest to qualify for the round of 16 of Europe’s premier club competition and they will want to transfer the positive aspects of that performance to LaLiga Santander .
Los Blancos put on their best showing of the season so far in Milan, arguably, with a balanced and consistent performance from the team.
Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Martin Odegaard were able to control midfield against Inter, while Eden Hazard and Lucas Vázquez were brilliant in attack.
Most of those players are expected to remain in the squad during Alaves’ visit, with one from Modric or Kroos likely to give way to Casemiro. The Brazilian returned to the Meazza fold after previously testing positive for coronavirus.
However, Zidane will not be counting on Carvajal for Saturday’s game, and Nacho Fernández is expected to move to right-back and Eder Militao ready to replace him in the center of defense. Both Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema are still unavailable due to injury.
In the absence of his number 9, Real Madrid will once again look for Mariano Díaz to lead the line, as Luka Jovic remains isolated after a positive test for COVID-19.
The former Lyon striker will likely be joined by Lucas and Hazard again, repeating the three forwards who started against Inter on Wednesday. Rodrygo Goes, especially after his goal in Italy, and Vinicius Junior also have starting chances against Alavés.
Pablo Machin’s visitors miss their captain, Manu Garcia, after he also tested positive for COVID-19 recently. It was the 34-year-old who scored late in injury time during Alavés’ 1-0 win over Real Madrid at Mendizorroza in 2018/19.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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