Madrid, Spain
uruguayan Fe Valverde has entered the list of 21 convened by the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane for the return match of Champions League against Liverpool this Wednesday in which the Real Madrid will defend 3-1 achieved in the first leg.
The midfielder’s participation in the match will be doubtful until the last minute as, according to sources in the club, he suffered a severe blow to the sole of his foot last Saturday at classic against Barcelona and this Monday did specific work inside the club training facilities.
Valverde limped out of Alfredo di Stefano and has yet to be able to exercise on the pitch when he is left with just one workout ahead of the match, which will be tomorrow Tuesday at the Shock Stadium, Anfield.
A list of those called up in which the Belgian is left out again Eden Hazard, despite recovering from his last muscle injury as he has been training with the group for more than a week.
The return of the winger, who this season has only participated in 14 matches and has been sidelined since March 13, will have to wait as Zidane will not call him until the player tells him that he has good feelings to play. .
The French coach included three players from the squad, who are already regulars in the first team lists due to the large number of casualties they have suffered at Real Madrid this season. Central midfielder Víctor Chust, winger Marvin and midfielder Sergio Arribas.
Zidane has the casualties of the Spaniards Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos and Lucas Vázquez – the last to fall after suffering against Barcelona a posterior cruciate ligament of the left knee-, the French Raphael Varane after testing positive for coronavirus last Tuesday and Hazard.
The 21 called up for the return match of the quarterfinals of the ‘Champions League’ against Liverpool:
porters: Courtois, Lunin and Altube.
defenses: E. Militão, Nacho, Marcelo, Odriozola, F. Mendy and Chust.
midfielders: Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Valverde, Isco, Marvin and Arribas.
forwards: Benzema, Asensio, Vinicius, Mariano and Rodrygo