This is a quite week for Real Madrid. At least until Wednesday, when all the international players come back to work. However, Zinedine Zidane could be happy with the performance of some ‘madridistas’ around the world.
Last week, James Rodríguez shone against Venezuela and tonight the Colombian player will face Brazil in the most interesting game of the week. But James is not the only Real Madrid footballer playing at a great level with his national team. Álvaro Morata and Gareth Bale were yesterday the stars of the game.
Álvaro Morata suffered an injury last week against Belgium and his appearance against Liechtenstein wasn’t sure. However, Julen Lopetegui, the new Spanish coach, gave some minutes to Morata in the second half, who scored two goals in only two minutes. In was the quickest time in the Spanish national team history in which one footballer scored two goals.
The game where Spain thrashed (8-0) Liechtenstein left another good piece of news for Real Madrid. Marco Asensio played his first minutes with the Spanish national team ending a great summer, where he earned a position in Real Madrid squad, scores his first official goals with Los Blancos and arrived to the national team.
Sergio Ramos was the only ‘madridista’ starting in the game, whereas Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vázquez stayed on the bench and they didn’t play any minute. They had the opportunity to rest before the game against Osasuna on Saturday, when Real Madrid will play again in La Liga.
Another Real Madrid player who will come back very happy after these two weeks is Gareth Bale. The Welshman scored two goals on Monday in Wales easy victory (4-0) over Moldavia. The Real Madrid winger lead again his national team and will try to bring Wales to the Russian World Cup two years after of arriving to the semi-finals of the Euro in Welsh first appearance in the tournament.
