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Asensio gives Madrid another air

2020-05-11T07:00:11.351Z


The Balearic Islands will be the great novelty in the return to training next Monday. He is a capital footballer in Zidane's plans.


Real Madrid returns to work in Valdebebas 60 days after they had to leave the premises on March 12 to start the quarantine after the positive of Thompkins, a basketball player. That day was the eve of a Real Madrid-Eibar that had to be postponed. Zidane has found good news among so many negatives: he has Marco Asensio again. The return of the Balearic, who has already recovered, is especially important for the coach. In the plans that were in his head for this course, the Balearic was an indisputable in his alignments for the big days. The attack designed by Zizou was formed by the Hazard-Benzema-Asensio trident.

The coach spoke to the player at the end of last season. Ahead, in the summer, a U-21 Euro Cup was coming to which Marco was willing to go. It was his generation, the companions with whom he had proclaimed himself the champion of Europe U19. But that talk with the French made him prioritize his club: he wanted him 100% from the first minute of the preseason. He was going to be capital in his new project.

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Asensio did his part. He was crushed alone during the summer and reached the preseason being one of the most fit players in the squad. Those who know him assure that he was better than ever. He demonstrated it in the few minutes he could play in the preseason before that fateful injury.

Coach and player felt that it was time. Zidane saw in a perfect point of maturity that talented footballer to whom he gave the alternative in the summer of 2016. Asensio felt the confidence of the coach and, in addition, a free place in the team in his favorite demarcation: the right wing.

That inopportune injury meant that, at best, he could only be ready for the last two months of competition. However, the coronavirus has changed everything. Asensio will be the great novelty in the return to training next Monday, May 11, because he will do it at the same pace as his teammates. You are now ready to return to the group.

Jovic's injury also makes him even more fundamental. Madrid are not superfluous in attack and the Balearic is one of the players with the most punch in the squad: in his two seasons as a target under Zidane he averaged more than 10 goals per season despite not being the undisputed starter. He has even played false nine at certain specific moments both in Madrid and in the national team. 

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Courtois and Marcelo, who were carrying muscle injuries when the competition stopped, are also ready. Something else is missing for Hazard, although he will also play before the end of the course.

This good news causes that, when looking to the future, in Europe white options turn around. From having a return against City almost impossible, with an Etihad to burst and without Ramos, Hazard and Asensio, three fundamental pieces in Zidane's schemes, now Madrid would go to a stadium without an audience and with Hazard and Asensio at 100%. ..

Source: elparis

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