Diego Llorente He is a fundamental footballer in Manuel Pellegrini’s schemes and, after several days doing specific work, this Wednesday he is expected to be back with the group to play the Valencia – Betis on Saturday in LaLiga. This is confirmed by the Madrid center back, who reassures everyone with his participation in this duel after the break.
«We follow the planned roadmap. This afternoon I have some additional test so that, with what I did today and yesterday, the best decision can be made as to whether to train part of it tomorrow or not. If I continue to progress well, I don’t have any discomfort, so we’ll see tomorrow. Everything I have done I have done well, with confidence. Now it is in the hands of the coaching staff and doctors to make a decision. “I follow the planned steps a little,” he stated in statements to Radio Marca.
Regarding the problem of injuries, Llorente pointed out that “fortunately we are recovering people like Gio, others like Johnny They have bad fortune and get injured with the national team. Some are entering and others leaving, the squad is long to face Saturday’s game with guarantees.”
And he valued Isco’s return scheduled for December. «Well, I see it well. I have been training these two days with him. I see him progressing adequately, the sensations are good. You don’t have to run, you have to go with firm and sure steps. I see him happy, motivated and content, every day that passes one less day to be able to count on him,” he stated. “It is clear that Isco is a differential player and if you combine him with others like Gio and all the people we have in attack with a lot of quality can understand each other very well and give us a lot. Now the most important thing is that he recovers well, that he has good feelings and the rest will come on its own.”
Llorente takes stock of the first third of the season. «We could have more points, obviously. There have been more games in which we have deserved more than games like the one in Bilbao in which we have suffered more. In San Mamés Iker had a chance with the 0-1 score and if he scored, in a match in which we were not brilliant, we could still have taken the victory. In others, like Vitoria, you insist and you don’t get the reward. We know that there will be games like this,” he assured before talking about the center line: “We have clear indications. Individual performances fortunately, as in the case of Nathanwhich has adapted very well. Marc Bartra He is getting the continuity he wants, he has been with Pellegrini for many years and he gives us concepts that newcomers should know. Mendy can contribute and I, who am not new, have experience in LaLiga and I think we combine and communicate quite well. That has been the key to whether we can be better or worse, without detracting from the fact that the team’s defensive work is brutal, with that double pivot and everyone running back and forth.”
About the special match in Mestalla after the DANA: «It will surely be a complicated environment. In the end, football takes a third or fourth place with these issues. From anywhere in Spain and internationally we have turned to help directly or indirectly. It’s going to be very emotional and any help that can be given to get these people back to a normal life will be welcome. “It will be a very special match.”
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