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Zinedine Zidane has prioritized results over recent fitness, opting not to rotate his Real Madrid squad as usual and, instead, has favored more or less the same team.
This stability of the team has allowed it Real Madrid get out of your crisis, hitting Sevilla, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club in successive games.
ZidanePolitics has been to the detriment of his Plan B, which includes a number of marginal players who have not received regular playing time in recent matches.
One of these marginal players is Marcelo, who has watched Ferland Mendy start each and every one of these last four victories.
It is clear that the Brazilian has fallen into disgrace in the big games this season, playing only one Real Madridplayed in the group stage of the Champions League.
However, the last campaign Marcelo he would still start matches regularly, even if he was not the first left winger. This season, it hasn’t been that way.
MendyMeanwhile, he continues to justify his selection ahead Marcelo. The Frenchman has not lost a LaLiga Santander match that has started in Los Blancos.
Until the loss of Alaves, Mendy and Marcelo had rotated in the league but since then the league has fallen into the same category as Eder Militao, Isco and Marco Asensio, who have also seen a reduction in their minutes on the pitch.