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The summer transfer market is not over yet and there could be some surprises in the last days. Although Zinedine Zidane said there won’t be any changes in the squad, there are several clubs interested in Real Madrid players and a last time deal could be agreed in these days.

Especially, the players who aren’t enjoying so many minutes in this start of the season are the one with more options to leave Real Madrid. James Rodríguez and Isco are getting several offers in these days and maybe one of them can end up in another club.

The last offer arriving to Bernabéu was the Tottenham Hotspur one for Isco Alarcón. The North London club hasn’t started the season really well and need a top player to face the Premier League and the Champions League in an ambitious season for the Spurs.

According to the English newspaper The Mirror, Tottenham would like to have Isco on loan this season with a clause to be included to keep Isco in a permanent basis for the next year. Isco Alarcón would suit Pochettino style as he wants playmakers and good footballers in the attacking line.

Real Madrid signed Isco three years ago for a £25M deal from Málaga. In the last months, Isco is losing his place in the team and Marco Asensio or Lucas Vázquez are winning points for Zinedine Zidane. The Spanish star is now injured in his ankle and missed the 2-1 victory against Celta and he’s out of the Spanish list for the next two friendly games.

Tottenham Hotspur is not the only team interested in signing Isco Alarcón in this summer. After Pogba’s sale, Juventus was looking for a player to replace him and Isco was the perfect one. However, perhaps the Premier League suits more Isco’ style rather than the Italian Serie A.

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Zinedine Zidane has now a very difficult decision to make. It´s a good decision for the interest of Real Madrid because it´s about the incredible strikers Benzema and Morata and who should play in this season.

Since “Chicharito” Hernández left Real Madrid, Karim Benzema didn’t have any competitor in his position. Benzema answered good and he scored many goals in the last years. For example; last season the French killer scored 24 goal in league and 4 in the Campions League. He almost scored 30 goals and Florentino decided that Morata should return to the capital of Spain.

Morata left Real Madrid with the aim of growing as a football player. He went to a very difficult league like Serie A and to a big team like Juventus of Torino. Real Madrid sold him by an amount of €30M, with the option of signing him again for €20M. Morata stayed two years in Italy. The first year he scored 8 goals in league, 2 in the Italian Cup and 5 in Champions League. The second year in Torino, the Spaniard striker scored 7 goals in league, 3 in Italian Cup and 2 goals in Champions League.

Morata went to the Eurocup of France. He played the tournament in the starting 11 and scored 3 goals. He played a very good tournament but Spain was knocked out against Italy in the quarter finals. With these statistics Florentino was forced to sign again the youngster striker.

With the injury of Benzema in the beginning of this season, Morata had a perfect chance to show all Real Madrid supporters that he can play here and score many goals. Yesterday he scored his first goal in league with his team of a lifetime. Now comes the debate of who has to be the striker of Real Madrid. They are different type of striker but both can help Los Blancos win titles at the end of the year.

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Mariano played his first match with Real Madrid in the league. He started from the bench and he was introduced in the pitch instead of Morata in the minute 77. He played almost 15 minutes and explained us what were his feelings in his debut.

The youngster player born in Barcelona was almost goven on loan to Leganes but finally Zidane wanted him to stay in Real Madrid. The French manager believes in him and thinks that he can help them to face the season.

Mariano told us what Zidane said to him when the game finished: ”He has congratulated me because of the match I played. I´m happy with my debut in league in Santiago Bernabéu. It´s a dream come true since I was a child”

He also talked about his future in Real Madrid: “I stay here to work and give everything I can. Staying here is a dream and I have until December to work hard and give everything I can. I have spoken with Zidane and decided to stay. I want to fight to play in this Madrid. I am here to provide what the coach wants”, Mariano explained.

Mariano talked about the difficult match they had: “We played a match that has not been easy, they tied us but we scored the winning goal. The best of the match was the victory and personally my debut with Real Madrid in league.”

He also explained the first feelings he is having in a huge team like Real Madrid. ”All my partners have welcomed me very well and I´m very happy. The dream I had since I was a child has come true today. Everybody´s dream is to play for Real Madrid. I´m still working every day and the coach is the one who will decide. Zidane gave me the congratulations on the debut and told me to stay this way. It wasn’t easy to win and we are very happy.”

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Zinedine Zidane spoke after the match against Celta de Vigo, how he saw his players and the rival. Real Madrid played a difficult game in the debut of Los Blancos in Santiago Bernabéu and finally they won the game and they achieved the first three points at home.

The French manager recalled that there´s no easy match in this league. “Celta has been a very good team, you can´t win always in an easy way. I like how the players fought until the end”. That´s how Zidane summarized the victory against Celta.

He also recalled that the players on the bench are very good and can help the team when the match gets dangerous. “We believed until the end and finally we achieved it. The changes serve us to give solutions and they did it”, Zidane explained about the three changes that changed the match.

Morata played a very good match yesterday, he is being the striker Real Madrid need when Karim Benzema is not available. “Morata did a very complete match. I liked it a lot. He scored the first goal and he could scored the second and the third goal”, Zidane explained how he saw Morata.

Modric returned yesterday from the European match. He was one of the best players in the field and play aproximadetly 70 minutes because he is not in his best physical state: “Luka gave us a lot today. I saw him very good. He is a little behind the others talking about the physical level”, Zidane explained.

The journalists asked Zidane about how he saw James and if he will stay or leave the 31 of August: “I think James did a great match, he was involved in the game and he will stay with us this year.” Zidane finished with the all the rumours of the Colombian midfielder.

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Real Madrid had a very difficult match this afternoon against Celta de Vigo. The team manage by Zinedine Zidane played a good game but the Galician team made merits to obtain points in the Santiago Bernabéu. Finally Los Blancos could win the match (1-0) and made the debut in his stadium achieving the three points.

There have not been many changes in the starting 11. The only change with the match in Anoeta was Luka Modric instead of Kovacic. Despite Kovacic played a great and complete match against Real Sociedad, everybody wanted to see again Luka Modric, a key player for Zinedine Zidane. The Coratian midfielder only played 69 minutes, but in those minutes he was the best player in the squad of Real Madrid.

In the first half Real Madrid tried to score as soon as possible but Berizzo’s team started very serious and both teams had chances to score the first goal but finally the goals were reserved for the second half. Bale had many opportunities but it was not the day of the player from Wales.

The first goal of the match came from Morata. Marco Asensio had the chance to score the goal but he missed the shot and the rebound fell to Morata who didn’t miss. The game seemed like it was going to be easier for Real Madrid but a good and fast reaction from Celta Vigo levelled the game. Fabian Orellana received a good pass from Guidetti and the Chilean player scored a fantastic goal form outside the box.

Zinedine Zidane started moving the players of the bench. The first change (min64) was Lucas Vázquez for Marco Asensio, who again played a good game. Five minutes later James Rodriguez came to the pitch for Modric and the third change was Mariano for Morata. The changes of Zidane gave new ideasa nd Real Madrid started pressing Celta and finally scored the second goal. A great goal from Kroos (his typical shot) assisted by Lucas Vázquez.

Real Madrid knew how to suffer and they were able to win the first match of the season in Santiago Bernabéu. No match is easy even if you play at home and with your fans supporting you.

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Real Madrid will play on Saturday against Celta de Vigo, a difficult team to win in the debut in Santiago Bernabéu. Last week Real Madrid played a very complete match in Anoeta winning 0-3 and showing good feelings.

However, this Saturday there´s a player who can´t play and help his team mates. This player is the young Spaniard Isco Alarcón. The midfielder is injured in his ankle and he will watch the match from the stand.

Isco is not having too many minutes this year but the Spaniard midfielder wants to convince Zidane and show him he can play in Real Madrid. When Isco signed from Málaga he was the future of Spain. Te first season he played 32 matches in the season in which he entered form the bench 15 times. He was the twelve player of the squad scoring eight goals in the Spanish League. In Isco’s second season, he had the same minutes as the first season but he only scored four goals. Last year he began playing less and he only scored three goals.

Isco has been losing presence in the team. With the arrivals of James, Kovacic, Casemiro, Lucas Vázquez and now Asensio, Isco has a lot of competition. There are many offensive midfielders in the squad and nowadays is quite difficult for Isco to play in the starting 11.

There have been rumours of Isco leaving Real Madrid this summer. Isco is one the best technical players Los Blancos have. He is a fantastic player that´s why he has a lot of offers from many important European teams. Real Madrid supporters love the young Spaniard midfielder because he is able of doing things that not too many players could do them. We hope Isco can recover his best moments and play as he did in Málaga, where he reached the quarter finals of Champions League being the star of the team.

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Real Madrid will play this weekend against Celta de Vigo. The team managed by Zinedine Zidane arrives in a very good moment. Last week Real Madrid won and played a very complete match against Real Sociedad in Anoeta. On Saturday it´s a good chance to give a good show to Real Madrid fans who will go to Santiago Bernabéu.

Zidane will play with a very similar team as the one he chose in San Sebastian. With the injures of Benzema an Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid knew how to substitute them. Gareth Bale was the reference in the attacking line of Los Blancos. Morata, who substituted Benzema, did the same rol as we usually see the French striker. He didn’t score any goal but he didn´t stop associating with his team mates and helped them keeping the ball. Asensio was the great surprise in this match. There were doubts if Lucas Vázquez was going to be in the starting 11 but finally Zidane gave the chance to the young Majorcan midfielder. He scored a wonderful goal, making an incredible control and finishing as few players can do.

The team managed by Berizzo didn´t start the league as they wanted. Celta de Vigo lost his first match against a team debutant in the first division, Leganés. The team from Madrid played a very serious match and could achieve his first victory in the top division. With the sign of Nolito to Manchester City, the attack of Celta de Vigo has lost a lot of power. The reference players in the attack are Aspas and Orellana. Both are great strikers but we don´t know if it´s enough for winning in Santiago Bernabeu. Last year Celta finished sixth in the league and they will play this year in Europe. If Celta play as well as last year Los Blancos will have a difficult game and they shpuld be focused if they want the three points.

Real Madrid Possible XI: Casilla; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Kroos, Kovacic, Asensio, Bale, Morata.

Celta de Vigo possible XI: Sergio, Jonny, Roncaglia, Cabral, Mallo, Wass, Pablo Hernandez, Orellana, Sisto, Bongonda, Aspas

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Zinedine Zidane spoke in front of the media before the first game of the season at Santiago Bernabéu stadium. The team comes back home after three months because the last game at home was against Valencia on the 8th of May , when Real Madrid won 3-2 to the ‘ché’ side.

The French manager is looking forward to seeing again the fans after lifting to major European trophies: “This is the first game at home, we started La Liga well, in a difficult pitch. Celta is a good rival and we know their quality. The supporters will come to the ground and this is very good for us”.

Celta lost the first game of the season against newly-promoted team Leganés (0-1) at Balaídos. Last year, Real Madrid thrashed (7-1) the Galician team who didn’t perform really good in their last visits to the Spanish capital.

There are still some few days until the end of the summer transfer window and the coach was asked again about the news we might see until the 31st of August: “Everything can happen until the 31st. No one is going to come for sure but someone could leave. The squad nowadays is done and I’m very happy. There are players who haven’t come back yet, the season is going to be difficult and we are going to need all the players”.

Obviously, James Rodríguez is the protagonist again because there are several teams that want to sign him. Besides, it looks like Zidane doesn’t count with the Colombian too much: “It looks like when I’m answering you I want James to leave. He’s a great player, he has a contract signed… It’s true that he has played less but I always want the players to be important and for James is the same”, Zidane finished the press conference.

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Julen Lopetegui has given his first list as new Spanish national team manager this morning in Madrid. The Basque coach has included five Real Madrid players: Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Marco Asensio, Lucas Vázquez and Álvaro Morata. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper and Spanish captain, Iker Casillas, was left out.

The main surprise in the list for the Real Madrid fans is the inclusion of Marco Asensio. The youngster is living a dream in the start of the season. Firstly, he started training with Real Madrid and travelled to the States for the pre-season tour. His good trainings made him gain a position in the squad and Zidane confirmed Asensio will be playing for Real Madrid this season.

After that, the French coach included him him in the starting eleven to play against Sevilla in the European Supercup. Asensio scored a superb goal to open the result. Afterwards, Asensio played in the first game in La Liga in Anoeta and scored another goal with a chip over Rulli. And to finish his great August, Lopetegui called him to play for the very first time with the Spanish national team.

Apart from this, Daniel Carvajal and Sergio Ramos will be the defenders with Julen Lopetegui. Sergio Ramos will be one of the captains because Iker Casillas was not included in the list -a huge surprise for Spanish fans- and Andrés Iniesta is injured.

In the attacking line, Lucas Vázquez and Álvaro Morata will also defend the Spanish national colours. Vázquez was included for the first time in the Spanish squad to play the Euro but he only had minutes in the last game against Italy. Morata was the main striker for Vicente del Bosque and now Lopetegui has trusted him again. Morata will fight with Diego Costa for a place in the starting eleven.

The bad news are that both Isco and Nacho are out of the list. The playmaker was also ruled out from the Euro after a disappointing end of the season. He hasn’t started well this new season either and he’s not playing a lot of minutes. For the same reason, Nacho was left out although he played several games with Del Bosque.

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Los Blancos have started the season in the best form possible after lifting the European Supercup and winning easily Real Sociedad at San Sebastián. Now, Real Madrid come back home to Bernabéu stadium, where they played their last official game was the 8th of May against Valencia.

Celta should be an easy target for Los Blancos. The Galician team lost (0-1) in the first game against new promoted Leganés. Last season, Celta received 7 goals at Bernabéu, four of them scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. In the other three meetings at Bernabéu Celta received 10 goals and scored none (3-0, 3-0 and 4-0).

Taking this in consideration, Real Madrid must earn the three points on Saturday. This is what the bookmakers think, at least. Real Madrid victory over Celta is paid 2/11 in bet365, whereas the draw has 6/1 odds and Celta winning at Bernabéu 16/1. No one could expect a defeat in the first game at home.

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Actually, Real Madrid thrashed Celta in their last visits to Chamartín. A good chance to win money is betting for the margin of victory. If Real Madrid win with 4 goals of difference, the odds in bet365 are 11/4. If the difference is three goals, the odds are 4/1.

As we said, Real Madrid won last year 7-1. If Los Blancos repeat the score, the odds in bet365 are 66/1. A result repeated in the recent history is 3-0. If you back Real Madrid to win 3-0 you can have 7/1 odds.

In terms of scorers, Gareth Bale is the most secure bet. The Welshman started the season with two goals in San Sebastián and he’s the leader of the team in Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence. Gareth Bale scoring at any time against Celta is paid 4/6. If you back Morata scoring at any time, the odd is slightly higher, 5/6. Marco Asensio scored in the European Supercup and in Anoeta. If he scores again, the odds are 7/4.

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