Friday’s edition of ‘The Real Links’ features another Real Madrid injury, a preview of Malaga, and some cockiness from Harry Kane. Let’s jump in!
Goal of the Day
I apologize for the low quality of the GIF, but this is the best I could do.
In Thursday’s Europa League match, former Real Madrid striker, Mariano Diaz scored his first European goal of the season on this tidy header, giving him 10 already in league and continental play.
Diaz has featured in just 17 matches and already has 10 goals and an assist, helping Lyon to third in the league and a first-place tie in the Europa League group through 5 matches.
We miss you, Mariano.
Real Madrid Links
Marco Asensio out for Real Madrid’s game against Malaga
Zinedine Zidane will be without young talented midfielder Marco Asensio for at least a couple matches after the 21-year-old picked up a knock against APOEL on Tuesday.
The severity of the injury is unknown, but it doesn’t seem to be too bad. Here is everything you need to know about the injury.
Sergio Ramos shows off new mask to protect recently broken nose
After breaking his nose a week ago against Atletico Madrid, Sergio Ramos took to Twitter to show off the mask he will have to wear for the next couple weeks while his nose heals up.
Work hard, dream big. pic.twitter.com/UIYfLFoxO7
— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) November 24, 2017
He looks a lot like Lebron James or Kyrie Irving in the mask. I like it.
Previewing Real Madrid vs. Malaga
Real Madrid looks to build on their big win in the Champions League by taking care of business against a struggling Malaga side.
Having this match at home should help and hopefully, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema can keep their goalscoring run up in this match.
Don’t forget, it was Malaga that Real defeated 2-0 in the final game of the league season last year to clinch the title.
Here’s a full preview courtesy of The Real Champs.
Real Madrid pushing to sign Mauro Icardi from Inter
Now this would be a huge move for Los Blancos.
Rumors have begun to swirl that Real are interested in signing Icardi from Inter Milan as a replacement for Karim Benzema after this season. Icardi has been killing it in front of goal this year in Italy and has drawn lots of attention from the biggest clubs across Europe.
I would personally love to see Icardi come to Madrid as he is such a great finisher in front of goal and he has the speed to play well alongside Ronaldo and Bale.