Time bomb at Real Madrid – 28/11/2018

Since his debut in front of Real Madrid, the relationship between Santiago Solari and Isco was degbadando up to the point of the total distance between the two. This Tuesday, facing Rome, the Argentine coach left him on the bench and the Spanish is at best considered spare part.

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When do the differences begin? According to Marca, shortly after taking over the Indiecito. During a practice session, the coach would have asked the players to count the pbades aloud, which Isco would have said they had "enough to play and count."

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This, coupled with the fact that the native of Malaga is not one of the most sacrificed in training, opened a gap between the two. For its part, the channel COPE ensured the existence of a lively discussion last weekend, which would have resulted in a "lack of respect" of the player towards the coach, which resulted in the exclusion of the middle in the last Champions game

Isco and Solari during a training session.

What did Solari say about him? Not much: in Rome, said that "are specific decisions for specific moments", while in the previous, Eibar had badured: "I see it well, I work and I improve".

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With Lopetegui, Isco had played 50.7% of the possible minutes (654 out of 1290), playing in 10 of the 14 games (eight as a starter, two as a substitute) and with an appendicitis operation that had lost the remaining four. With Argentina played three of six, but still as a substitute, and was outside the call twice.

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