Real Madrid needed to play a good game after the harsh correction suffered in the Champions League and in their previous league match against FC Barcelona. Osasuna suffered the consequences, receiving four goals. Vinicius shone again scoring a hat-trick, Bellingham was the other scorer. However, what seemed like it was going to be a day of celebration has turned into one of mourning the multiple injuries suffered. Lucas Vázquez and Rodrygo will miss several weeks, while central defender Militao says goodbye to the rest of the season after a torn cruciate ligament. Álvaro Benito gives his opinion in ‘Carrusel Deportivo’.
Militao is the one who has taken the brunt of all the injuries. The club confirmed in a statement that “he has been diagnosed with a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament with damage to both menisci in his right leg.” Álvaro Benito knows very well how hard it is to suffer a situation of this style on several occasions and emphasizes above all on the “uncertainty too, because you never know until you compete again if you are going to be at the same level as before.”
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Álvaro does not understand the large number of long-term injuries that are occurring this season. One of the possible reasons he gives is the hybrid grass: “Surely the surface has a lot of influence on the type of injury, in the end your knee gets stuck more because the artificial one is drier than the natural one,” what he does say is that “you have to go over the surface”
At a sporting level it is also a very sensitive loss, since before the injury it was already a very weak line and Álvaro Benito does not know how to say what the solution could be, although he understands that “now the club has to consider whether to sign or whether to draw from the quarry”, since “there is a lack of centre-backs in the squad”. In the end “it is not easy to find Real Madrid-level players who are at a good price”, in addition to saying that there will be players who do not agree to sign for a short time, knowing that when they recover they will stop playing.
At the moment, to solve Eder Militao’s injury, Carlo Ancelotti has had to use Raúl Asencio. The Real Madrid goalkeeper played a good role during the minutes he played. Álvaro Benito also praises the centre-back’s virtues: “today he showed that he played calmly, he performed his actions well, he gave an extraordinary pass for Bellingham’s goal, which makes him a good player”, although he prefers to remain calm since “settling in Real Madrid is a very serious thing, the best in the world settle.”
Those who did have a good game were the forwards. Vinicius, Bellingham and Mbappé have given their team the victory with a resounding four to zero. The Brazilian contributed three goals, and Álvaro Benito assures that “he is a player who may have a grayer game, but he does not condition himself in anything, he is one of the mentally strongest players I see”, in fact, he marvels at two of his three goals, which he describes as “a tremendous finish.” The Englishman scored the second of the match, after many games without seeing a goal. “Today he was very good in areas of influence, where I think he should be and spend energy in areas where he can be decisive,” Benito said about the midfielder.
Mbappé, for his part, could not score a goal, however, for Álvaro Benito he does not agree that he is the problem, which is “surprising” that “he is failing in what he has always been a very accurate player.” , the definition”. He emphasizes the issue of “confidence” and assures that he needs “two or three goals to score a little consecutively with good definitions”, so that he can recover his level and that “we have to do is for him to bring out his best version.” Soccer”.
