MADRID, Spain (EFE) .- The French forward Karim Benzema was the positive news of the training of the Real Madrid two days before the Madrid derby of the Wanda Metropolitano, rejoin the group dynamics with good feelings and complete all training at the orders of Zinedine Zidane.
The French coach has solved his problems at the attack point to measure himself against the leader, the Atlético de Madrid, in his fiefdom. The bad news of the muscle injury of Mariano Diaz on Thursday, it was compensated with the return to the group of Benzema. The Frenchman showed that he is fit to play the derby and according to club sources informed Efe, he was able to complete the entire session.
Back to work in #RMCity!
#AtletiRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/fnLTfNq3fJ— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) March 5, 2021
On February 19, Karim’s muscle injury to his left adductor muscle was confirmed, which has prevented him from playing against him. Valladolid Y Real society in LaLiga Santander plus the visit to Atalanta in the Champions League. His last appearance, extending his good scoring line as a great reference for Real Madrid, was against Valencia the 14th of February.
With his recovery plan completed and in need of his return to the derby, Benzema took the last step on Friday morning adding to the group dynamics. The Frenchman used himself to the maximum in all the exercises and signed up for the great meeting of the Metropolitan in which Real Madrid plays a large part of its options to follow in the fight for the league title.
The training directed by Zidane, in which he glimpses the starting team he will bet on in the derby, began with activation exercises, according to the club’s website, before working with the ball in the possession and pressure test, before of career series and shots on goal. The morning had a load of tactical work from the Madrid coach with his players and ended with a match on a small pitch.
The injured Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Eden Hazard and Mariano Díaz were the absences from training, confirmed casualties for the confrontation against Atlético de Madrid. Ramos and Hazard are the closest to rejoining the group’s work and returning to the pitch.
¡Kaboom! @ MarceloM12 pic.twitter.com/Ps4KD8gegy
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) March 5, 2021
Meanwhile, on the part of the FC Barcelona, the midfielder Miralem Pjanic is the main novelty, once the medical discharge was received, on the list of Barcelona summoned to play in El Sadar against Osasuna, this Saturday at 9:00 p.m. (local time), in an expedition in which The defender Gerard Piqué will not be there, out due to injury.
The Barça defender made a right knee sprain this Wednesday in front of Sevilla, in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals. His absence adds to those of the defenders Ronald Araujo and Sergi Roberto and those of the attackers Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati, all of them injured.
The 21 summoned by the technician, Ronald Koeman, to face Osasuna are: Ter Stegen, Dest, Sergio Busquets, Griezmann, Pjanic, Braithwaite, Messi, Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Lenglet, Pedri, Trincao, Jordi Alba, Matheus, De Jong, Umtiti, Junior, Iñaki Peña , Ilaix and Mingueza.
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6/03/21 pic.twitter.com/2I7tWewmTZ– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) March 5, 2021
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