Real Madrid recover several players for training after international break

Xabi Alonso welcomed back the first of his international players for Wednesday's training session, the third of the week, with Carvajal, Huijsen, Courtois, Brahim, Rudiger and Arda Guler all working at the same pace as the rest of their Real Madrid teammates who remained in Madrid.

Following a two-day break, half of the international contingent, six out of 12, returned to the Ciudad Deportiva de Valdebebas and were able to complete the training session without any issues.

The remaining players will rejoin the squad between Thursday and Friday: Gonzalo (Spain U21), Mbappe and Tchouameni (France), Alaba (Austria), Valverde (Uruguay) and Mastantuono (Argentina). All of them concluded their commitments with their national teams on Tuesday.

It was a session with more personnel for Xabi Alonso, who again saw Camavinga and Bellingham working partially with the group, as they continue their respective recovery programmes. Meanwhile, Mendy and Endrick continued with their individual plans to recover from their respective muscle injuries.

The training session prepared the team for the first of seven matches that Real Madrid will play in three weeks, beginning with the visit to Real Sociedad this Saturday (16:15 CEST, -2 GMT), in which the players carried out combination and pressing drills, as well as playing several matches on the pitch at the Ciudad Deportiva.