{"id":688,"date":"2019-02-28T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/isco-left-out-of-real-madrid-squad-for-crunch-copa-del-rey-clasico-against-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:42:08","slug":"isco-left-out-of-real-madrid-squad-for-crunch-copa-del-rey-clasico-against-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"Isco left out of Real Madrid squad for crunch Copa del Rey Clasico against Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> The Spaniard will not feature for Los Blancos in the semi-final second leg against their arch rivals, despite returning to training this week <\/div>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Real Madrid midfielder Isco has been left out of Santiago Solari&#8217;s Copa del Rey semi-final squad to face Barcelona on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Isco returned to full training at the start of the week after recovering from a back injury, but he will play no part in the crucial showdown with Barca this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Solari has opted to leave the Spaniard out of the second-leg clash, with Madrid looking to build on a positive 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg on February\u00a06.<\/p>\n<div>  <span>Article continues below<\/span> <\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Editors&#039; Picks<\/h3>\n<p>    Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea &amp; Pedro impress in Spurs win    Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show    Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over    Man City monitoring Barcelona &amp; Chelsea target Jovic    <\/p><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Blancos boss has\u00a0used Isco sparingly during his short reign at the helm,  amid reports of a fractious\u00a0relationship between the pair  .<\/p>\n<p>Isco has yet to start a single league game under Solari, with speculation swirling that the 26-year-old will leave the club at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid have won eight of their last 10\u00a0matches across all competitions, but a 2-1 home defeat to Girona last week stalled their recent progress.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence\u00a0of that result, they slipped nine points behind Barca in the Liga title race, but a 2-1 win against Levante on Sunday ensured that confidence was restored before their latest cup fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Solari has included Sergio Ramos in his final 20 to face Barca after the Blancos captain missed the trip to Levante due to suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his match-winning cameo during Madrid&#8217;s last outing, Gareth Bale looks set to remain on the bench, with Vinicius Jr and Lucas Vazquez likely to play in a front three alongside Karim Benzema once again.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid will, however, be without\u00a0Marcos Llorente, who is still recovering from a groin injury.<\/p>\n<p>Solari&#8217;s men will be hoping to advance through to the final at Barca&#8217;s expense and increase their chances of silverware this term, despite a difficult campaign post-Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese winger was sold to Juventus last summer and in his absence, Madrid have not carried the same attacking threat, but they are still in the hunt for a fourth consecutive Champions League crown.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Barca come into the match with a renewed vigour, having beaten Sevilla 4-2 on Saturday to halt a slide which had seen them secure just one\u00a0win in their previous five matches.<\/p>\n<p>Full Real Madrid squad to face Barcelona:  \u00a0Thibaut Courtois, Keylor Navas, Luca Zidane; Marcelo, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Alvaro Odriozola,\u00a0Sergio Reguilon; Toni Kroos, Luka Modic, Casemiro,\u00a0Federico Valverde, Marco Asensio,\u00a0Dani Ceballos; Vinicius Jr, Lucas Vazquez, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema.<\/p>\n<p> <span><\/span> <span><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spaniard will not feature for Los Blancos in the semi-final second leg against their arch rivals, despite returning to training this week Real Madrid midfielder Isco has been left out of Santiago Solari&#8217;s Copa del Rey semi-final squad to face Barcelona on Wednesday. Isco returned to full training at the start of the week &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=688\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Isco left out of Real Madrid squad for crunch Copa del Rey Clasico against Barcelona&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}