Real Madrid returned to training after two and a half days of rest, with the presence in the group of Vinícius Junior, released from the Brazilian team, and with Carlo Ancelotti waiting for the French Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy, who began the work of field five days before the league match in Vigo.
Benzema and Mendy are approaching their return for a game that has gained importance after the rout Real Madrid received in the classic. The objective of the two players, with muscle injuries that have improved in the break due to national team matches, is to reappear against Celta and gain competitive rhythm for the European event in London against Chelsea.
The start of the week left the first images of Benzema and Mendy adding work on the pitch to what they have been doing inside the Real Madrid City facilities. According to club sources, the two players put on their boots to run for ten minutes as the first test and continued their training in the gym and with the club’s physiotherapists.
The group of internationals who left with their national teams, eleven, has been reduced after the yellow card that carries a sanction for ‘Vini’, who was called off with Brazil and after returning to the Spanish capital, completed the training session with the rest of his teammates .
Meanwhile, the Austrian David Alaba will join training this Tuesday, in the session that will return to the morning schedule, at 11:00, after hurrying up the rest times on Monday and Ancelotti granting his players two and a half days off for his disconnection before facing a decisive phase of the season.
They continue with their national teams Dani Carvajal, Fede Valverde, Militao, Casemiro, Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric, Luka Jovic and Gareth Bale. And it was low in training Eden Hazard that in the next few hours will go through the operating room.
The group of players who trained in Valdebebas began the week with a light day, in the first of the five training sessions that Real Madrid will complete before resuming the league pulse against Celta. Training with the ball in various exercises and games in reduced dimensions was the menu on Monday.
EFE
