Images of the friendly match are already available
From what can be seen in those images that we have and will show in minutes Kroos, Lucas Vázquez, Odriozola, Mariano and Benzema have had minutes in this duel
The Portuguese star is without a team and asked Real Madrid to train at its facilities, although he is not part of the first team squad. Cristiano Ronaldo still does not have a team, but everything indicates that he will sign for Al-Nassr in January.
Didier Deschamps responded on whether Benzema will be in the final
The French coach was asked at the end of the semi-final in which they beat Morocco 0-2 and Deschamps responded as follows: "I prefer to move on to the next question"
Two Real Madrid players will be in the World Cup final
Tchouameni and Camavinga will be Madrid's representatives in the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup that France and Argentina will play this coming Sunday and that can be followed here on VAVEL
The Italian coach counts on the first team with: unin, Nacho, Vallejo, Mendy, Odriozola, Kroos, Ceballos, Mariano and Lucas Vázquez, in addition to Benzema and Alaba who have returned a few days later.
The Madrid team will play this friendly in the middle of a league matchday in which they will receive Zaragoza, who are only two points behind them, at home next Monday;
The match cannot be played. I will not continue on television or by any means because the festival will be held. It will be behind closed doors so there will be little information about the meeting
In 1 hour it will start The match between Real Madrid and Leganés, both the previous one and the minute by minute of the match, will be able to be shown on the video. follow here in VAVEL
In a few moments we will share with you the starting lineups of Real Madrid vs Leganes in addition to the latest information from the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium;Do not miss any detail of the match with VAVEL's live online minute by minute coverage.
Jose Arnaiz is Leganes most outstanding player with four goals and one assist in the 20 matches he has played. The Spanish midfielder has not scored since November 19, when his team drew 1-1 against Sporting Gijón;
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Karim Benzema is already back on the pitch. The Frenchman missed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to injury despite being included in the squad. The striker has five goals and one assist in the league competition in the seven matches he has played.
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Leganés currently plays in LaLiga Smartbank, i.e. in the silver category of Spanish football. Leganés has drawn three consecutive matches, although they have a total of nine unbeaten games in the league competition. Their last defeat was against Levante on October 16. The Madrid side, who drew 1-1 in their most recent match against Andorra, are in twelfth place in the standings with 27 points, just five points away from the Playoffs for promotion to LaLiga, eight points away from direct promotion and nine points clear of the relegation places.
Real Madrid arrives as reigning LaLiga champions. In their last match they beat Cá diz 2-1 thanks to goals from Kroos and Militao. Although they went to the stop with doubts because they only won in two of the last five matches they played. They are in second place in the Spanish League standings with 35 points and only two points behind second-placed FC Barcelona. In the Champions League, they continue to defend their crown and are already in the round of 16 after finishing first in the group stage. They will be looking to qualify for the quarter-finals between February and March, for that they need to overcome Liverpool, who were the finalists of the last edition.
A total of 14 times Leganés and Real Madrid have met, with a favorable balance for the white team, which has won on ten occasions. Legané s won twice and the other two matches ended in a draw. The last time they met was two years ago, in 2020 in LaLiga, when they drew 2-2 in the last game of the league championship with goals from Asensio and Sergio Ramos for the Merengue and Bryan Gil and Assalé for the Pepineros. Real Madrid have only won one of the last four times they have met, although that ended in a 5-0 thrashing in October 2019. The last time Leganes won this duel was in 2019 in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, although it was not enough because Madrid had a three-goal advantage from the first leg.
Venue: The match will be played at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium, located in Valdebebas, Real Madrid's sports city. It was built in 2006 and has a capacity for 6000 spectators.
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