Real Madrid set for major fitness boost ahead of Champions League derby


The midfielder of Real Madrid, Federico Valverde, seems to be winning his fight to return to Clash of the Champions League with the City Rival Atletico this week.

Valverde did not present the last two La league games against Girona or Real Betis or the Copa del Rey semi-final against Real Sociedad in Madrid’s last two La Liga games.

His last appearance was the Champions League -Knockout secondary victory over Manchester City, a game in which he needed painful injections to play due to thighs.

It was reported on Sunday by GET OVER The journalist Miguel Angel Diaz that Valverde is likely to take part in the training session on Monday with the rest of the Madrid squad. That would also dictate its availability to face Atletico in Bernabeu.

Carlo Ancelotti had confirmed before training: “We will then decide whether he will play tomorrow.”

After the session, the result was that Valverde was normally involved, which indicates that Ancelotti will probably include the influential 26-year-old in his selection of matchdays.

Before his recent absence, Valverde had filled out in the right -back in the absence of Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vazquez. The latter returned from a small knee tendon problem against Girona, so Valverde can probably be used in midfield, but that Ancelotti should go in this direction.

The two Madrid giants were impressed in the final of the Champions League in 2014 and 2016, with real emerging winners being victorious on both occasions. The two are also in the middle of an exciting titlella in La Liga, in which Barcelona is involved, Sie returned to the summit on Sunday afternoon with a 4-0 victory against Real Sociedad.

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