Real Madrid Confirm Four Returning Stars For El Clasico

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Real Madrid’s confirmed squad for Sunday’s location Clásico against Barcelona welcomed backmost a glut of cardinal figures, including nan correct backmost pairing of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dani Carvajal.

Midfielder Dani Ceballos joined halfway backmost Dean Huijsen to complete a quartet of eye-catching additions, moreover if it wasn’t an wholly unblemished roster.

“We’ve sewage almost each nan players backmost who couldn’t play against Juventus,” Alonso noted successful his pregame property convention connected Saturday. “Tomorrow you’ll spot nan starting XI, but everyone successful nan squad tin play.”

Alexander-Arnold hasn’t been progressive successful a competitory fixture for Madrid since limping off connected his Champions League debut for nan nine backmost successful mid-September pinch a hamstring injury. It remains to beryllium seen whether Alonso will thrust nan England world consecutive backmost into nan firing statement pinch a commencement successful his first Clásico, but Carvajal’s concurrent return raises nan imaginable of nan brace sharing immoderate crippled clip astatine nan Bernabéu.

Dani Carvajal (left) and Trent Alexander-Arnold will beryllium fighting for nan aforesaid starting spot. / David Ramos/Luke Hales/Getty Images

Player

Last Appearance

Trent Alexander-Arnold	Sept. 16 vs. Marseille
Dani Carvajal	Sept. 27 vs. Atlético Madrid
Dani Ceballos	Oct. 4 vs. Villarreal
Dean Huijsen	Oct. 4 vs. Villarreal

Huijsen has only sat retired 3 weeks of action pinch a calf strain aft living up to his prediction of a return against Barcelona. Neither David Alaba nor Antonio Rüdiger has been included successful Alonso’s squad, leaving Huijsen to compete pinch conscionable Raúl Asencio for nan domiciled of Éder Militão’s halfway backmost partner.

Ceballos, who picked up a musculus title of his ain earlier this month, is different midfield action for Alonso. The 29-year-old is improbable to start—he has been included successful conscionable 4 of Madrid’s 12 starting XIs this season—but could beryllium called upon arsenic a calm caput successful nan mediate from nan chair should Barcelona’s midfield presume power connected Sunday’s contest.

Madrid caput into nan first Clásico of nan play pinch a constrictive two-point advantage complete Barcelona astatine La Liga’s summit. While Hansi Flick’s Catalan outfit person been typically chaotic passim nan opening 3 months of nan caller campaign—racking up 34 goals crossed 12 games while besides leaving themselves perpetually susceptible successful transition—Alonso’s Madrid person been much prosaic.

The superior broadside person someway conspired to triumph 11 matches without ever rather looking wholly convincing. Yet, connected nan juncture of their azygous defeat, they were ruthlessly dismantled 5–2 by Atlético Madrid.

“We’re competing very well, but I deliberation we tin play moreover better,” Alonso mused. “We’re building a coagulated instauration to beryllium reliable. We person to return nan adjacent step, but we’re playing bully football.” The return of respective cardinal figures could thief Madrid make that jump.