Carlo Ancelotti confirmed at the press conference this Saturday morning in Valdebebas for tomorrow's qualifier against Osasuna at the Bernabeu that Karim Benzema is now recovered from his injury and will start. The Frenchman was injured in Glasgow against Celtic in his Champions League debut on September 7. The Italian also revealed that Luka Modric, who came injured from his national team, misses tomorrow's game and arrives very just for Wednesday's game against Shakhtar. Most likely, he will reserve until next Saturday, October 8 at the Coliseum against Getafe.
Asked the Italian coach of Madrid if, as Xavi Hernández, the Barcelona coach, says, it would be better to group all the matches of the national teams into a month or a month and a half, he agreed: "The problem with football is the calendar because it is very compressed. as there are many parties. All the institutions have to work together to solve it", he commented.
For Ancelotti, this period before the World Cup is key: "It's an important moment, with many games in a short time: with the League, the Champions... We have to think about which rotation will be important because we play every three days. Everyone will give and they will put their quality and commitment in. The challenge is to do it well and if we can continue like this in LaLiga and get the Champions League round of 16 on track as soon as possible, the better," he said.
Ancelotti also assured that he is thinking about ten days of vacation for the players who play in the World Cup: "We will see how we manage this. Even until mid-January we will not play with the World Cup players and we will only play with the players who stay here in Valdebebas. I think that we have to give them rest and then maybe a preseason, we'll see," he said.
The classic is two weeks away, but Ancelotti still doesn't think about that match: "The classic is a long way off. We prepare well for tomorrow's game, the players are fine. We only think about this. There is no time to think about the games we have in 15 days. We have to think about Osasuna and win. And then the Champions League and win. And then win again. We don't have to think too much," he said.
