MADRID (AP) – While their strikers have still behaved as planned, Real Madrid will rely on their midfielders and defenses to continue moving on to the attack.
The strikers of the protective champions are meaningless after two matches of the Spanish league season. The team tied 0-0 against Real Sociedad and regained the win against Real Betis last weekend following a penalty conceded by defender Sergio Ramos and midfielder Federico Valverde. he scored in the triumph of the comeback 3-2, the other coming from a purpose opposed to his team.
“It’s not just for strikers that they have to score, midfielders and defenses also have to make a contribution,” Valverde said. “It is also our task, that Madrid can win. “
The team’s strikers, led through Karim Benzema, had already been criticized after the initial tie against the Society, which came after the club ceded Gareth Bale to Tottenham.
“We have all the players and we exercise well, that’s what counts,” Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said Tuesday. “We’re just starting the season and we want to keep getting better. We know we want to do it, and we’re running it.
On Wednesday, Madrid host Valladolid without a win in their third match of the season, and their fit against Getafe, who would have been the first, postponed for the team’s participation in the Champions League.
Zidane will not be able to rely on Toni Kroos, one of his goal-providing midfielders, as the German player has a muscle injury that can leave him offside for about two weeks.
Valverde is expected to remain in the starting lineup, alongside Casemiro and Luka Modric, who on the bench on Saturday opposed Betis.
“It’s a healthy festival (in the middle of the countryside), we all have to improve,” Valverde said. “They inform me a lot. I deserve all the recommendation they give me because they’ve already won a lot in their careers.
Zidane said Eden Hazard is in a position to make his first start if necessary, but did not say whether the striker would be part of the squad on Wednesday because he had not trained as much as the other players due to injury.
SUAREZ’S ATLETICO
Luis Suárez is expected to make his first outing for Atletico Madrid in Huesca on Wednesday after impressing on the bench in the 6–1 goal against Granada this weekend, when the Uruguayan striker scored two goals and scored another. His debut came here 4 days after his arrival from Barcelona.
Coach Diego Simeone said he saw no challenge in Suarez and veteran striker Diego Costa on the same team.
“You can play together, ” he said. You’ll have the time, the situation. The vital thing is that we take credit for the spark they can provide us”.
Promu Huesca runs out of wins on his return to the First Division.
BARCELONA DE FATI
On Thursday, Barcelona visited Celta de Vigo undefeated with the highlight of Ansu Fati, the 17-year-old striker who scored two goals in the team’s 4-0 win over Villarreal on Sunday.
Fati is one of those expected to take on the title role after Suarez’s march, alongside Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembélé.
Celtic is undefeated so far, with two and one victory.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have had their first two leagues postponed due to their participation in the Champions League in August.
OTHER PARTIES
Sevilla, champions of the Europa League, who with a victory after also deferring their first two matches, receives the Levante on Thursday, while Villarreal receives Alavés without winning on Wednesday.
The clash between Granada and Osasuna has been postponed as Granada play in the Europa League qualifying stage.
The fourth round of matches starts on Tuesday with league leader Real Betis betting on Getafe and regaining last defeat to Madrid, a result that ended his streak of two consecutive victories to start the season with coach Manuel. Pellegrini.
However, the Chilean coach faces a imaginable sanction for criticizing arbitration following the Madrid attack.
Undefeated Real Sociedad secured their moment of consecutive victory through Valencia without winning in their last two games.
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