Iker Casillas says his recovery from a broken bone in his hand goes better than expected and he might be right back involving the Real Madrid posts the moment late March.
Casillas' finger was broken by an accidental kick from his team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa during Madrid's Copa del Rey quarter-final recreation at the Mestalla on January 23.
It absolutely was feared he would experience three months on the sidelines, and the club moved quickly to signal Diego Lopez for 3.5 million from Sevilla to perform in their likely season-defining activities against Barcelona in the Copa and Manchester United in the Champions League.
The Madrid club chief told reporters on Thursday evening, at the beginning of a new club shop at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, that the original timeframe had just been a worst-case scenario.
"I am feeling really positive," Casillas said. "The surgeon gave the worst-case scenario to me, he said it could get 90 days. But when the splint was removed yesterday, I was told I had one month left. Now I'm doing effective exercises to obtain freedom and strength back in the finger."
Casillas said he'd been spending so much time at Madrid's Valdebebas training center to have straight back playing the moment possible.
"Until now I've maybe not had much energy 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'll have to work more and experience more to obtain straight back the flexibility of before. I am looking towards returning. It is worse being off the message 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 recover from his crotch issue with 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 looking to get better the moment possible, to obtain reduce the distress and reunite in top form. Plenty of people ask when I'll get ready. I hope to manage to perform against Barca, but I do not have an answer right now."
Former Liverpool player 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 will be favourites to advance.
"They could have the help of the fans," he said. "It will be a challenge. The side that scores first is likely to be favourites. Old Trafford is a superb floor and it is the type of match we all 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 upcoming, perhaps season-defining, games.
"Things are going well and hopefully to carry on this way," he said. "We know that we've to have major matches in both tournaments and that it'll perhaps not be easy. Maybe playing away is going to be in our favour since we do well when things are against us. We've had this week to work with the best way to approach the games. I hope 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 recent poor form facing target.
"I hope than I've to date that I score more goals, however the important things could be the team and to win the upcoming matches," he said. "We need certainly to interact to get. We have a fantastic team and we are all in good form."
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