Real Madrid will be playing Mallorca in Son Moix only a few days before traveling to Turkey for the Champions League. For it Zinedine Zidane prepares rotations in an encounter where he will have to put out a team with several casualties.
Zidane will be able to put one of his specialties into practice. In his first stage as a coach in Real Madrid, he showed he has no problem playing with the less seasoned footballers, and it looks like he will have to do the same against Mallorca.
It already worked in the match against Osasuna. Vinicius and Rodrygo were then responsible for putting the goals on the scoreboard. This time, it's a match away at Mallorca that could see the two Brazilians be needed for providing goals again.
A tricky match. With the casualties of Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos or Lucas Vázquez, 'Zizou' will have to improvise again with an eleven with several modifications.
All of this while preparing the Champions League match against Galatasaray. Los Blancos have not found their feet in the European competition and have little margin for error. Like the Turks, they currently only have one point. PSG lead the group with six, four more than Bruges. That's why the meeting in Istanbul is even more important and that's why the French coach won't skimp on rotations.
According to 'Marca', the idea is to leave Dani Carvajal in Madrid on Saturday so that he is not in front of Mallorca and arrives in better conditions at the European meeting.
A stage where names like Odriozola, James, Isco, Vinicius, Jovic, Militao or the revelation Fede Valverde may have more options to be part of the XI that Zidane chooses in Son Moix, and with Hazard ruled out for personal reasons, the Frenchman will have to deliver the goals some other way.