Zidane laughs off Real ‘crisis’

Despite rallying to secure a point against Las Palmas, the draw allowed Barcelona to move above Real after they had earlier beaten Sporting Gijon 6-1.

With still a good chunk of the season left to play, Modric has a vital part to play in helping his team overtake their rivals and win the La Liga for his first time.

Real Madrid has provisionally returned to the La Liga top spot with 59 points, two ahead of second-place Barcelona, and also has a game in hand.

WIth Zidane preferring a 4-3-3 to a 4-2-3-1 Casemiro has been playing regularly with Mateo Kovacic and Marco Asensio also used as well.

Bale himself is now unbeaten in his last 28 starts for Madrid, going back to last April, despite his sending off in the 3-3 midweek draw against Las Palmas. So, they could not retake the position.

Nano Mesa is the only injured player in the home squad, while Florian Lejuene is suspended due to the red card he received in the match against Real Sociedad.

Zinedine Zidane rotated his side and despite missing key men through injury, Real Madrid eased to a victory against Eibar at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium. Both players have fallen out of favour over the past few weeks and months, but this display showed that they have something to offer, especially with Real Madrid starting to feel the effects of fatigue. It is unlikely that one performance will cement his place in the first XI, but Rodriguez helped his case with a fine performance last night. They’ve enjoyed an excellent season so far, defying expectations of a relegation struggle by surging up into the top half. They could claim it anytime and they are yet to give up from the competition. We had a meeting after what happened against Las Palmas. But, Cristiano did nearly impossible things and scored a pair of goals consecutively at the end.

The forward has not been a regular starter under Zinedine Zidane, throwing major doubt over his future.