At the start of the season, who would have thought Real Madrid were one Dani Ceballos injury away to a trophyless season?. The Spaniard did not start the new campaign on the right footing, but eventually grew his way into becoming one of the most essential figures in the club’s Midfield.
Ceballos picked up a muscular injury on February 26th, as Real Madrid played away to Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey. He was initially said to be out for 2 MONTHS.
However, with hard work, the Midfielder is now set to be part of the squad only 6 weeks later.
Ceballos Could feature Against ALAVES or ARSENAL
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Indeed, what better time for him to return than now, when the Los Blancos find themselves in all sorts of problems.
4 points behind league leaders Barca, there will be no room for mistakes this Sunday. Real Madrid will take on Deportivo Alaves away from home, and Ceballos’ fitness updates provides Carlo Ancelotti with more options to pick from.
In case Ceballos doesn’t return soon enough, Real Madrid will have an all important game in a week. 3-0 down in the first leg, there is a huge mountain to climb next Wednesday.
The Merengues were completely hammered last night at the Emirates, no thanks to 2 spectacular Free-kicks from Declan Rice. As it stands, they only have a 4% chance of making it to the semi finals as per OptaAnalyst.
Moreover, if there’s any club who can overcome this scenario, surely it has to be Real Madrid. If they should be any comebacks, Dani Ceballos would definitely play a big part in that.
However, no one knows when Dani Ceballos will receive the medical clearance. An official report is still awaited from top media outlets in Spain.
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