The white team visits ‘La Catedral’ barely 48 hours after the loss of Thibaut Courtois to a serious injury
He Real Madrid starts a new season in the First Division on Saturday. Although it doesn’t do this in the best of circumstances. First, because it faces a hugely complicated visit: to the New San Mamés, ‘The Cathedral’ of football, where they will encounter a whole bot like Athletic Club de Bilbao. And second, because he does it with the low capital of Thibaut Courtois, the starting goalkeeper and one of the big stars, who seriously injured his left knee this Thursday.
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Lunin springs into action
So, and while Real Madrid are thinking about how to replace their goalkeeper -options such as David de Gea, Keylor Navas, Yassine Bono, Giorgi Mamardashvili or even David Soria are being considered-, Andriy Lunin will be in charge of the defense of the white goal in San Mamés. The Ukrainian goalkeeper was in the shadow of Courtois for several seasons and despite seeking an outlet for him this summer, circumstances now force him to go to the front line.
That is expected along with him Carlo Ancelotti goes to the green with that 1-4-1-2-1-2 that he used so much in the pre-season. france garcia He will be the newcomer on the left and will share defense with Dani Carvajal, David Alaba and Eder Militao. In the meantime, A is expectedUrélien Tchouaméni as the pivot, accompanied by the eternal Luka Modric, a mainstay for ‘Carletto’ I good for Eduardo Camavinga or by Fede Valverde. above, Jude Bellingham will be the hook, with Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Júnior spearheading it.
Athletic wants to win
For his part, Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic, ‘El Txingurri’, will take the field to take the win. The ‘lions’ aim to enter Europe in this course, so they will try to get started with a win against the rival, curiously enough, they finished the last competition against. Valverde has the injuries from an injury Yeray Alvarez, Dani Garcia and Yuri Berchichewho was seriously injured in that last game against Real Madrid after a terrifying entry from Dani Carvajal.
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LINEUPS OF ATHLETIC BILBAO VS. REAL MADRID
Athletic Bilbao (1-4-2-3-1): Unai Simon; De Marcos, Aitor Paredes, Dani Vivian, Lekue; Ruiz de Galarreta, Mikel Vesga; Nico Williams, Sancet, Muniain; Inaki Williams
Real Madrid (1-4-1-2-1-2): Lunin; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Fran Garcia; Tchouameni; Modric, Camavinga/Fede Valverde; Bellingham; Vinicius and Rodrygo
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