Follow the 'flower' of Madrid! Nico Williams out due to injury against the whites

The Real Madrid will face the meeting in front of the Athletic Club of this Sunday (Santiago Bernabéu/20:00 hours) with a 'lucky' certainty: the absence of Nico Williams in the combined Basque. By bad fortune, the ones of Ernesto Valverde suffered the drop of last moment of one of his players more determinants in the offensive appearance, the one who at present stands out like leader in assistances with 13 passes ofgoal , added to have contributed significantly with six annotations.

Although initially it had commented that 'Txingurri' had his staff to the complete to measure to the whites, after the last previous preparatory session to the crash against the ones of Chamartín, the bilbaínos announced the unlucky drop. According to a communiqué issued by the 'Lions', Williams suffers one overloads in the muscles isquiosurales of his right leg, which still is in process of recovery. Therefore, they have not wanted to run risks, especially taking into account the final of the Glass of the King against the RCD Mallorca, that will contest the next week (06/04).

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Regarding the available options, Valverde could replace the absence of Nico with Álex Berenguer, the most likely option in this sense. Besides, the exentrenador of the FC Barcelona would have in Adu Plough another alternative to play in this demarcation, since both players that also have occupied the position of left extreme in this course.

How it arrives the Real Madrid to the meeting in front of the Athletic Club?

By his part, the combined merengue will have the drop of Vinicius Jr., the one who will not be able to participate in the commitment against the Basques due to the fact that it already accumulated five yellow cards in the contest suspender belt, being the key the last sanction received in the clash against the Osasuna in The Sadar. Equally, they follow with his physical mishaps of long length Thibaut Courtois and David Praises.

Nevertheless, the Real Madrid will have all his other available players, standing out the return of Jude Bellingham after fulfilling a sanction of two meetings by his expulsion against Valencia CF. Also it expects the return of Eder Militao, the one who was lesionado during more than seven months because of a break of the previous ligament crusader of the left leg. Although his presence in the eleven headline still is in doubt, at least will be summoned for the duel against the bilbaínos.