Benzema will travel to Warsaw and Courtois, between cottons until the classic

A more effective and less gimmicky version was enough for Real Madrid to take the three points from Getafe (0-1), where neither Thibaut Courtois nor Karim Benzema were present due to physical problems, the two most important players in the brilliant last season they signed The whites.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
09 October 2022 Sunday 16:37
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Benzema will travel to Warsaw and Courtois, between cottons until the classic

A more effective and less gimmicky version was enough for Real Madrid to take the three points from Getafe (0-1), where neither Thibaut Courtois nor Karim Benzema were present due to physical problems, the two most important players in the brilliant last season they signed The whites. Vital to the team's aspirations this season, coach Carlo Ancelotti remains cautious with the goalkeeper, who has sciatica, while the striker, absent from the Coliseum as a precaution, suffering from muscle fatigue, has entered the squad for this match Tuesday against Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Frenchman, who this season has already suffered an injury to the semitendinous muscle of his right leg, has trained with the group this Sunday and could have minutes in Warsaw against the Ukrainian team before the classic against Barça next week in the League Santander. On the other hand, the Belgian is still between cottons, whose back problem does not have a fixed recovery period, but is subject to the intensity of the pain in the area.

The Champions League group stage away game against Shakhtar will be the Whites' fourth without Courtois. The goalkeeper has not played since the Madrid derby against Atlético de Madrid, which ended in a madridista victory (1-2), and he is a serious doubt for the duel against Barça next Sunday. In his absence, the madridista goal was occupied by the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin, who conceded two goals in the victories against Shakhtar (2-1) and Getafe (0-1) and the draw against Osasuna (1-1) .

The classic at the Bernabeu against the Catalans will be the first test of level for a Madrid that has adequately dealt with the first games of the season, conceding only one draw in eight league games and solid leader of its group in the Champions League. Those from Chamartín are first with a five-point advantage over Shakhtar when there are only nine points left at stake.

Without emergencies and with his mind set on the match par excellence of Spanish football, Ancelotti has drawn up a list of 23 players for Warsaw: Lunin, Luis López and Cañizares; Carvajal, Militão, Alaba, Vallejo, Nacho, Odriozola, Rüdiger and F. Mendy; Kroos, Modrić, Camavinga, Valverde, Lucas Vázquez and Tchouameni; Hazard, Benzema, Asensio, Vini Jr., Rodrygo and Mariano. In addition to Courtois, the other casualty is Dani Ceballos, injured in the biceps femoris.

A victory against Igor Jovicevic's pupils at the Polish Army Stadium would give the defending champions the mathematical classification for the round of 16, although to seal the first place on this day it depends on the result in the other group match between Celtic and Red Bull Leipzig in Glasgow. A Scottish victory or a draw would allow Madrid to leave the homework done in Europe before receiving a Barça that is experiencing a totally opposite situation in the Champions League, needing the victory against Inter to stay alive.

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