The
Real Madrid
has he gotten himself to fight Laliga Monday and faces
Real Sociedad
(starting at 9:00 pm) at the Alfredo di Stéfano with the opportunity to once again get within three points of the leader, Atlético de Madrid, with their sights set on next Sunday's derby at the Wanda Metropolitano.
The rojiblancos still have one game less, against Atlethic also in their stadium, which they will recover on Wednesday of next week.
To reach that date with real options to fight for the title, Zidane's men need victory tonight against a team rooted in the League and with the thorn still stuck of elimination from the Europa League at the hands of Manchester United.
The good news for the French coach is that he has already started to recover several of the injuries that left the team with just 11 first-team outfield players during several games.
Odriozola, Marcelo, Valverde and Rodrygo are once again available to rotate the regular starters, waiting to continue adding troops throughout the week for the momentous derby.
In front, those of Imanol hope to prolong their good league streak that has brought them back to the European squares.
La Real have three consecutive wins and five games without losing, settling in fifth place with 41 points.
The coach will have to cover the hole left by the suspension of the sanctioned Mikel Merino in the center of the field, without being able to count on Illarramendi, who will not be able to be in the game either.
Aleksander Isak, with eight goals in the last five league games, will be the main threat to the Basque team.
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