And Gago! And MFC!!! Bring out the confetti and party hats! It’s been so long since we’ve seen Ricky and Fer!
Madrid held their last training session before tomorrow’s game against Sevilla (they always seem to play Sevilla right before Christmas, no?). Present at the session were Sergio Ramos, Kaká AND Fernando Gago, who trained at the same pace as their teammates. Among those teammates were three canteranos, Pacheco – now a regular due to the absence of Dudek -, Juanfran and MFC. The only players missing were the injured Dudek, Higuaín, Canales, as well as Xabi Alonso, who will be sitting out the game (by the way, he’s been called up by the Euskadi team for their friendly against Venezuela on Dec. 29 at San Mamés).
I love these photos, even though MFC looks a bit frightened there.
Sergio was subsequently called up to face his former team. Khedira also made up, after missing out on the last game due to suspension, as did the three canteranos who had trained with the team today. Kaká and Gago didn’t make the cut, as they are not yet match fit. The rest of the call-up looks like this.
Goalkeepers: Casillas, Adán, Pacheco.
Defenders: Arbeloa, Pepe, Albiol, Carvalho, Garay, Sergio Ramos.
Midfielders: Khedira, Lass, Diarra, Granero, Özil, Di María, Pedro León, Juanfran.
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Morata.
In his press conference, Mou confirmed that Sergio would start, as would Arbeloa.