Zinedine Zidane said some weeks ago that he will have headaches when making the line up for the future games. We can understand why. For the first time in the season, the French manager had to carefully choose to make the list for the Champions League game against Sporting Lisbon. Isco and Asensio have been ruled out of the game for technical decision.
This is a huge surprise. Especially for Marco Asensio, who played the first three games of the season in the starting eleven, scoring two goals against Sevilla in the European Supercup and Real Sociedad in La Liga. The youngster was even called for the national team and made his debut with Spain. However, no Real Madrid player should take his position in the squad for granted. Asensio knows very well and now he has to see the game with the supporters.
Same applies for Isco. The Malaga midfielder has been injured for two weeks and he also missed the Spanish national fixtures. The Spaniard had an offer from Tottenham Hotspur this summer but he decided to stay and fight for a place in the line up. It won’t be easy for Isco, who won’t be present against Sporting Lisbon because of Zidane’s choice. The midfielder is fit to play but he has to wait for a new opportunity.
The other two players who won’t be present in the Champions League debut will be Mariano and Nacho. The defender played in the starting eleven against Osasuna but has no space even on the bench. The Dominican international played some minutes against Celta but he will have very few opportunities this season.
The full list is:
Goalkeepers: Casilla, Yáñez y Craninx.
Defenders: Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo y Danilo.
Midfielders: Kroos, James, Casemiro, Kovacic y Modric.
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale, Lucas Vázquez and Morata
Realmadrid should encourage,support or loan out mario hermoso or give him some minutes in copa del rey cos we need class left back within now and 2years,who is going to be spainish and younger age to marcelo and for marcelo backup.if realmadrid want to give pepe a contract extention pls its should be one more year cos I believe in younger players who are on loan like diego llorente base on their overall performance.