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For: EFE
Sunday, September 29
Real Madrid breathes: only two players are still out due to COVID-19
Ukrainian Andriy Lunin tested negative for coronavirus this Friday and joins the list of Real Madrid recovered , which already has only Spaniards Marco Asensio and Isco Alarcón on sick leave due to COVID – 19 in an outbreak that started eleven days ago at the club.
The goalkeeper joins the recovered Marcelo, Modric, Rodrygo, Alaba, Bale and Davide Ancelotti, Carlo’s son and first assistant, whose good health was confirmed in the last hours.
Thus, Ancelotti still has the losses of Asensio and Isco due to covid – 19 and that of the injured Dani Carvajal and Dani Ceballos. The four are expected to be recovered for return to work after the Christmas holidays that the club scheduled for next Wednesday 24 December.
The Real Madrid is gradually putting an end to the outbreak that has suffered since Monday of last week and that also affects the basketball section with up to eight cases: Vincent Poirier, Fabien Causeur, Thomas Heurtel, Anthony Randolph, Guerschon Yabusele, Juan Núñez, Adam Hanga and coach Pablo Laso.
The Real Madrid coach is hopeful for the future merengue
Carlo Ancelotti, Italian coach of Real Madrid, did not hesitate to describe Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro as “the best average in the world today” and although did not want to promise titles because “it is not the best idea”, they do guarantee tized “compete to the end” .
“Modric, Kroos and Casemiro are currently the best average in the world. Perhaps the midfielders who go from area to area are more classic, but they have so much experience and so much football that they are extraordinary. In addition, they turn out to mix very well. When the three of them are together no one can compare themselves to them ”
Carlo Ancelotti
There was no shortage of praise for the scorer Karim Benzema:
“Karim now adds great ability and scoring consistency to his football . He has as much as Cristiano Ronaldo or Haaland. Benzema is a player who makes a difference. We just saw him again in the match against Athletic, with two goals in a very short time. It’s in a spectacular shape ”
The fan already thinks about the titles, but the coach prefers to be more cautious:
“Promising titles is not the best idea, but we can promise what Real Madrid always offers, which is to compete until the end. We are doing it, we are competing very well in all competitions, in every game. In the first part of the season we have failed very little. We have only had two defeats, against Espanyol in the League and against the Sheriff, in the Champions League. But it was a stage in which we lacked players like Modric or Kroos. But when both returned it was already seen that the team has a very clear identity “, he pointed out.
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