Real Madrid hosts Getafe at the Santiago Bernabéu this Monday in the match that closes matchday 26 of the League. Álvaro Arbeloa will not be able to count on his leading scorer, Kylian Mbappé, who was already out of the Champions League match against Benfica due to his battered left knee. Furthermore, the white team needs to win no matter what after Barcelona’s victory against Villarreal (4-1).
Madrid start the game with Courtois; Trent, Rüdiger, Alaba, Carreras; Tchouaméni, Thiago Pitarch, Fede Valverde, Guler; Vinicius and Gonzalo.
On the part of Getafe: Soria; Kiko Femenía, Boselli, Duarte, Zaid Romero, Diego Rico; Juan Iglesias, Milla, Arambarri; Satriano and Luis Vázquez.
The team led by Álvaro Arbeloa closed the preparation for the league duel against Getafe with a Sunday training session, with the presence of second day in Dean Huijsen’s groupbut the absence of Eduardo Camavinga due to an oral problem, in a session from which Éder Militao, Raúl Asencio, Dani Ceballos, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé were also absent.
Álvaro Arbeloa directed the last training session of an atypical week, with a LaLiga match on Monday, with six absences of first team players and pending the status of Huijsen.
The Spain international centre-back, who returned to the group dynamic for part of training on Saturday, increased the workload to decide if he is fit to play against Getafe. He has missed the last two games, against Osasuna and Benfica, due to a muscle ailment in his right calf.
His return is important for Arbeloa who, with Éder Militao and Raúl Asencio out of the team due to injury, he only has Antonio Rüdiger and David Alaba as available centre-backs, and depending on Camavinga’s evolution, he could delay the position of Aurélien Tchouaméni at the center of the defence.
Camavinga was absent from training on Sunday due to a severe toothache and his presence against Getafe is based on his progress. He did not exercise nor did Dani Ceballos, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappéwho continue with their respective recovery plans.
With the players available from the first team plus the presence of a youth player like Thiago Pitarch, whom Arbeloa praised in a press conference and can increase the load of minutes against Getafe, the coach finished preparing the league match and drawing conclusions for a starting team with changes, for which he recovers the Brazilian Rodrygo after injury.
