Iker Casillas says his recovery from a broken bone in his hand is going better than expected and he could be right back between your Real Madrid articles the moment late March.
Casillas' hand was broken by a random end from his team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa all through Madrid's Copa del Rey quarter-final game at the Mestalla on January 23.
It had been feared he'd experience 3 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 beginning of a new club look at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, that the original schedule had just been a worst-case scenario.
"I am feeling very positive," Casillas said. "The physician gave me the worst-case scenario, he explained 3 months it could get. But when the splint was removed yesterday, I was told I had one month left. Now I am doing active exercises to get freedom and energy back in the finger."
Casillas said he'd been spending so much time at Madrid's Valdebebas training service to have back playing the moment possible.
"Until now I've maybe not had much power in it, but I am receiving it back little by little," he explained. "We are at the halfway point of the injury. I have still got per month to go. I will have to work more and experience more to obtain back the mobility of before. I'm 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, though coach Jose Mourinho was missing.
Alonso told reporters that he didn't know yet whether he would get over his crotch problem over time for next Tuesday's Copa semi-final second leg at Barcelona's Camp Nou.
"I am in the healing stage," the midfielder said. "I am hoping to get better as soon as possible, to get reduce the vexation and get back in top form. When I will prepare yourself plenty of people ask. I aspire to be able to perform against Barca, but I don't have a solution right now."
Former Liverpool person Alonso stated that, with the tie balanced at 1-1, whoever scored first in the Champions League last 16 get back game at Manchester United on March 5 will be favourites to progress.
"They could have the help of the fans," he said. "It is going to be considered a challenge. Along side it that results first is likely to be favourites. Old Trafford is a good floor and it's the sort of match all of us prefer to play. The tie is quite open."
Di Maria said that it would fit Madrid to be playing overseas in both of the forthcoming, potentially season-defining, games.
"Things are going well and we hope to carry on this way," he said. "We know that we've to have big matches in both contests and that it will perhaps not be easy. Because we prosper when things are against us probably playing away is likely to be inside our favour. We've had this week to work with the best way to approach the games. I am hoping everything goes well."
Benzema, who remains question for Saturday evening's La Liga sport at Deportivo La Coruna, said he was not concerned about his current poor form before goal.
"I hope that I score more goals than I have to date, however the thing may be the squad and to win the future matches," he said. "We need certainly to work together to get. We have an excellent team and we are all in good form."
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