Actual Madrid have barely had any relaxation since they took to the sphere in opposition to Marseille within the UEFA Champions League and so they now already stare their subsequent league fixture within the eye.
Given the quick hole between the 2 video games, it’s only truthful that Actual Madrid don’t make a visit away from the Spanish capital. Tomorrow’s recreation in opposition to Espanyol will thus happen on the Santiago Bernabeu and might be a gruelling matchup.
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The Catalan facet have been in positive type this season and presently sit in third place solely behind Actual Madrid and Barcelona. They’ve gained three of their 4 video games this season and are but to style defeat.
Madrid Common brings you three speaking factors forward of Actual Madrid vs Espanyol.
The pink card issue
Actual Madrid’s recreation in opposition to Actual Sociedad after the worldwide break had one main black spot on it from Los Blancos’ perspective – the pink card to Dean Huijsen.
The younger defender was despatched off on the night time for a supposed ‘final man’ deal with – one which he was not even technically the final man for provided that Eder Militao was simply metres away from him.
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Huijsen’s pink card, nonetheless, stood on the night time as VAR didn’t name the referee for a better look, but it surely got here to gentle after the sport that the foul didn’t deserve a pink card in any capability.
Since then, there was an official communication that there was an error on the referee’s half, however the pink card continues to face and the star new signing will thus be unavailable tomorrow.
The large query for Xabi Alonso, thus, is who replaces Huijsen within the beginning lineup alongside Eder Militao.
Antonio Rudiger’s damage guidelines out the German worldwide as a candidate, leaving Raul Asencio and David Alaba as the 2 actual choices.
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The previous, nonetheless, had a disastrous marketing campaign within the FIFA Membership World Cup and is much from his assured self whereas the latter will not be match-fit and has not performed as an everyday starter for some time now. Who will Alonso choose?
A recreation for Vinicius to show his high quality
Time to step up. (Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
If the shock of Vinicius Jr. being dropped in opposition to Actual Oviedo was not beginning sufficient, Alonso dropped a second bomb earlier this week when he dropped the Brazilian as soon as extra, this time within the UEFA Champions League.
Certainly, Vinicius was on the bench in Actual Madrid’s latest recreation in opposition to Marseille and got here on just for 27 minutes on the night time – thus receiving a transparent sign from the supervisor that he should do extra so as to be an everyday starter.
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Whereas it would maybe by no means be identified if Alonso’s choice needed to do with Vinicius’ poor type or common rotations, tomorrow’s recreation will probably see the participant begin as soon as once more and this time face critical stress to ship.
Having been thrown down the pecking order of a place that was as soon as unequivocally his, Vinicius should utilise his alternative tomorrow to show to his supervisor that he will be price excess of he has proven in latest occasions.
Injured gamers to return
Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga returned to Actual Madrid’s squad for the group’s UEFA Champions League conflict in opposition to Marseille however didn’t characteristic on the night time given how tight the sport was and the way that they had simply returned to health.
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Tomorrow, nonetheless, the gamers are anticipated to characteristic for Actual Madrid no less than in some capability on the night time, probably as substitutes off the bench.
The Englishman has been out of motion because the finish of the Membership World Cup after present process shoulder surgical procedure and returned sooner than anticipated from his setback.
Bellingham will probably begin on the bench with Arda Guler beginning because the attacking midfielder in cost in opposition to Espanyol however it’s probably that he comes on within the second half to switch the Turkish star and declare again his place.
Camavinga, in the meantime, has nonetheless not performed a single recreation below Xabi Alonso and tomorrow will maybe be his audition of kinds to the brand new supervisor to assist him determine a distinct segment on the sphere or an element in his venture.
He too will solely come on for fringe minutes, and the supervisor’s apparent want to have all key gamers match-fit for the night time.