SougarLord Posted February 14, 2021 Posted February 14, 2021 At the moment in which Dani Carvajal was standing on the right wing of Real Madrid's attack, Zinedine Zidane threw his fist in the air and lamented as if it were a missed goal chance. The white right-back, who returned after more than a month injured, relapsed again. The Frenchman, meanwhile, called Lucas Vázquez, who was also returning after spending a few days in the infirmary, and put his hands to his face in the direction of his bench. He hugged the '17' merengue, who had to occupy the side as in most of the season, and gave him introductions with his finger while he held the hug, as if wanting to protect him from another misfortune, as insisting that he not force himself. Atalanta expects in the Champions League in ten days. Lucas walked in and the coach turned to his bench and spread his arms. What else can I do? He must have thought. Zidane has no more pieces, who uses Nacho as a center back due to the losses of Sergio Ramos and Militao and only has Lucas for the right wing when he also sees Odriozola offside. He could line up Mendy as center back, but Marcelo's latest injury forces the Frenchman to keep his compatriot on the left side of the defense. In addition, Marvin Park, the squad player who made his debut against Getafe as a right-winger, suffered from muscle problems and could not be called up. Not even that goes well for 'Zizou'. Carvajal's injury, the 36th in Madrid's season, joins those of Hazard, Ramos, Rodrygo, Valverde, Marcelo, Militao and Odriozola. The mishap came with Benzema's 1-0 already on the scoreboard and Zidane released all his anger with Kroos's 2-0 that calmed the game. He didn't need to force the footballers too much from him. Carvajal adds his fourth physical problem of the course. He has only played twelve games of the possible 31 and accumulates a total of 945 minutes, the 14th of the squad in this section. Too little for the starting side of Madrid and the national team. His numbers in the last leagues perfectly explain his injury history. 31 of 38 in 19-20, 24 in 18-19, 25 in 17-18, 23 in 16-17, 22 in 15-16, 30 in 14-15 ... Despite the injury of ligaments this season, in the previous ones they have been mostly muscular: thigh, calf ... "I CAN'T EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS ..." At a press conference, Zinedine Zidane was upset by the list of injuries accumulated by the squad, a host of problems that do not stop and that keep their calls up. "I don't understand it. There are many and I'm worried. It bothers me when I lose a player. It's a relapse. I'm sorry for Carvajal because he was fine and he's important to us, but I can't explain about these injuries ....", reflected the French coach, who spoke of the calendar: "He is who he is and I am not going to enter, we already have enough trouble. We did not have a normal preseason and there are many injuries. Toni Kroos, scorer of the second goal, analyzed the situation in the white infirmary after the game. "We are concerned because we lack important players," he said. "He is screwed, because Carvajal comes from three injuries in a row. It is not a good thing, but the others will have to do their best. We have to accept it, we cannot do otherwise."
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