Iker Casillas says his recovery from the broken bone in his hand is certainly going much better than expected and he might be right back involving the Real Madrid posts when late March.
Casillas' finger was broken by a random kick from his team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa during Madrid's Copa del Rey quarter-final sport at the Mestalla on January 23.
It absolutely was feared he'd face three months on the sidelines, and the team moved quickly to signal Diego Lopez for 3.5 million from Sevilla to perform in their likely season-defining games against Barcelona in the Copa and Manchester United in the Champions League.
The Madrid club chief told reporters on Thursday night, at the beginning of a new club look at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, that the original timeframe had just been a worst-case scenario.
"I am feeling quite positive," Casillas said. "The doctor gave the worst-case scenario to me, he said 3 months it could get. But yesterday when the splint was removed, I was told I had one month left. Now I am doing active exercises to obtain mobility and energy in the finger."
Casillas said he'd been spending so much time at Madrid's Valdebebas training service to obtain right back playing the moment possible.
"Until now I have not had much energy in it, but I'm getting it back little by little," he said. "We are in the halfway point of the damage. I've still got a month to go. I will need to work more and suffer more to get back the mobility of before. I am looking forward to returning. It is worse being off the pitch than on it."
The function was also joined by Casillas' team-mates including Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema, Angel Di Maria, Jose Callejon, Nacho and Kaka, although coach Jose Mourinho was missing.
Alonso told reporters that he didn't know yet whether he'd cure his groin issue in time for next Tuesday's Copa semi-final second leg at Barcelona's Camp Nou.
"I am in the recovery stage," the midfielder said. "I am hoping to get better the moment possible, to have rid of the disquiet and return in top form. Plenty of people ask when I'll get ready. I hope to be able to play against Barca, but I don't have a remedy right now."
Former Liverpool person Alonso stated that, with the link balanced at 1-1, whoever scored first in the Champions League last 16 return game at Manchester United on March 5 would be favourites to succeed.
"They should have the help of these fans," he said. "It will be a concern. Along side it that results first is likely to be favourites. Old Trafford is a great ground and it is the type of match most of us prefer to play. The link is extremely open."
Di Maria said that it may fit Madrid to be playing away from home in both of the forthcoming, possibly season-defining, games.
"Things are getting well and hopefully to continue this way," he explained. "We know that we've to have huge matches in both competitions and that it'll not be easy. Perhaps playing away is likely to be in our favour because we excel when things are against us. We've had this week to work on the best way to approach the games. I really hope everything goes well."
Benzema, who remains any doubt for Saturday evening's La Liga game at Deportivo La Coruna, said he was not focused on his current poor form before goal.
"I trust that I score more goals than I've up to now, nevertheless the important thing is the squad and to win the future matches," he said. "We need certainly to work together to win. We've an excellent team and we're all in good form."
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