Iker Casillas says his recovery from a broken bone in his hand is certainly going much better than expected and he might be right back involving the Real Madrid articles the moment late March.
Casillas' finger was broken by a random end from his team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa throughout Madrid's Copa del Rey quarter-final game at the Mestalla on January 23.
It absolutely was feared he would face three months on the sidelines, and the club moved quickly to sign 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 opening of a new club shop at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, that the initial timeframe had only been a worst-case scenario.
"I am feeling quite positive," Casillas said. "The doctor gave me the worst-case scenario, he said it might take 3 months. But when the splint was removed the other day, I was told I had four weeks left. Now I am doing effective exercises to have flexibility and energy in the finger."
Casillas said he'd been spending so much time at Madrid's Valdebebas education facility to get straight back playing as soon as possible.
"Until now I've not had much energy in it, but I am receiving it back little by little," he explained. "We have reached the halfway point of the damage. I've still got a month to go. I will need to work more and experience more to get back the flexibility of before. I'm looking towards returning. It's worse being off the pitch than on it."
The event was also joined by Casillas' team-mates including Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema, Angel Di Maria, Jose Callejon, Nacho and Kaka, while coach Jose Mourinho was absent.
Alonso told reporters that he didn't know yet whether he would cure his groin issue over time for next Tuesday's Copa semi-final second leg at Barcelona's Camp Nou.
"I am in the restoration stage," the midfielder said. "I am looking to get better as soon as possible, to get reduce the discomfort and get back in top form. Plenty of people ask when I'll be ready. I aspire to manage to perform against Barca, but I do not have an answer right now."
Former Liverpool person Alonso said that, with the link balanced at 1-1, whoever scored first in the Champions League last 16 reunite game at Manchester United on March 5 would be favourites to progress.
"They will have the help of the fans," he explained. "It is going to be considered a concern. The side that results first will be favourites. Old Trafford is a good floor and it is the sort of match most of us like to play. The tie is extremely open."
Di Maria said that it may fit Madrid to be playing abroad in both of the future, potentially season-defining, activities.
"Things are getting well and hopefully to carry on this way," he explained. "We know that we have to have major matches in both games and that it will maybe not be easy. Since we prosper when things are against us perhaps playing away is likely to be inside our favour. We've had this week to work with the easiest way to approach the activities. I hope everything goes well."
Benzema, who remains question for Saturday evening's La Liga sport at Deportivo La Coruna, said he wasn't concerned about his current bad form in front of target.
"I hope than I have up to now that I score more goals, but the important things may be the team and to win the future matches," he explained. "We need certainly to work together to get. We have an excellent team and we are all in good form."
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