Five days after its close victory over Granada, Real Madrid are preparing for their next league game, this time against Villarreal tomorrow (Saturday), with the entire eyeballs bearing a gap from Sevilla. Later today, the team from second place in the table will host Elche for a game that will determine the gap between the Blancos and Andalusians before the meeting on Saturday. Today, at a pre-match press conference, Carlo Ancelotti addressed the injury of Karim Benzema ahead of Villarreal and in the shadow of the meeting with PSG in the Champions League on Tuesday.
“He will not be fit for Villarreal, but we are optimistic about the game against Paris,” said the Italian. “He will return to train with the team on Sunday or Monday and then we will know more. The first thing that matters to us is the player’s health .
Not only did his French star refer to the Blancos’ coach. Attention was also drawn to Gareth Bale, who has not played in the white uniform since the end of August: “My relationship with him is good. I look at him in training and I see that he is investing, he is ready to play and when we ask him – he will give everything.”
As mentioned, with all due respect to Paris and Tuesday, the Blancos will have to pass Villarreal tomorrow to maintain a space in first place and their coach referred to the squad that will go up at La Ceramics Stadium: “We did not talk at all about Tuesday’s game. Our head is focused on the game against Villarreal, “The league is very competitive this season and I will come up tomorrow with the best team I have. The rest will come later.”