5 reasons why it is too early to start celebrating Real Madrid's return to form

#2 There are still injury concerns

Marcelo is out injured

The impact and physical nature of football means that professional footballer’s bodies are always on the line to pick up one injury or the other, and while it is not an ideal situation for any club, injuries are a sad reality of the game and no club no matter how wealthy is immune from its treacherous reaches.

Real Madrid’s first team is currently plagued by injuries, and this was a factor which was responsible for Lopetegui’s travails, as it robbed him off his proven performers at a time when he needed them most, with the result being that Real Madrid struggled in the absence of their regulars. Isco, Bale, Marcelo and Carvajal were all out injured at one point or the other under Lopetegui, and it is a problem which has persisted.

Off the regular four defenders, Santiago Solari has only captain Sergio Ramos in a fit condition to play, with Marcelo, Carvajal and Varane all out with one form of knock or the other, while Jesus Vallejo and Mariano Diaz are also out, robbing him off quality introductions from the bench.

For all the brilliance of Real Madrdid’s first eleven, the squad lacks adequate squad depth which has been brutally exposed by Ronaldo’s departure and the injuries sustained to key players, and even though players like Sergio Reguilon, Odriozolla and Vinicius Jr have impressed thus far, Reasl Madrid would need their main players fit and ready to launch an assault on the crucial stage of the campaign.