The final stretch of the season comes at a difficult time for Real Madrid. In a very difficult week, Zidane’s side have beaten Liverpool and FC Barcelona in El Clàssic. However, concern has taken hold of the environment after his coach’s words about the physical condition of the squad: “We are at the limit.”
From the locker room, several voices admit to ESPN that the season is “the toughest” in recent years. Many players have to go dosing in training and are exposed to the fact that, at the most unexpected moment, they fall injured. This has happened to Ramos, Carvajal, Hazard, Odriozola or, for example, Lucas Vázquez, who is missing the rest of the season due to a sprained cruciate ligament in his knee.
“They haven’t woven pre-season and that, added to the amount of games accumulated last year after the confinement and the lack of rest is biting them.” It is an authorized voice of the club that reveals to ESPN what the white squad is suffering this year. However, this same source admits that the team has been surpassing itself and has grown “in the collective” to become the only team that is alive in all competitions.
That’s why Real Madrid is different. Of course it can fail because the injuries are many and the lack of rotations can weigh on a team that already has a limited staff. Let’s remember the example of the front, where there are only two specific attackers like Benzema and Mariano, who just counts. However, the whites have a unique DNA: when it comes to the truth they always take this step forward that others do not dare to take and that is when Real Madrid applauds the feats of their team.
It remains to be seen whether any of these feats can be repeated this year. For now, and despite the injuries, Madrid is ready for everything and arrives eager to fight, suffer and win.