Real Madrid received a big morale boost after the duo Vinicius Junior and David Alaba appeared in group training on Friday.
Vinicius has been absent for weeks due to a muscle injury that is said to keep him away from matches until the middle of this month.
As for David Alaba, some reports indicated that he might retire from football due to his failure to recover from the injury that kept him away from the stadiums for a whole year.
But the first good news was that Vinicius has almost completely recovered from his last injury, and is on his way to returning again after participating in group training.
After the goal was for the Brazilian to make it to the Intercontinental Cup final on December 18, it has become possible for him to participate in the Atalanta match next week in the Champions League.
As for Alaba, and this is the second piece of good news, the pain has completely ended for him, and he is now being prepared physically in the hope that he will return to matches at the end of this month, thus practically ending the crisis of the center back position.
Real Madrid are preparing to face Girona this week, then meet Atalanta and Rayo Vallecano before heading to Doha to play the Intercontinental Cup final.