Zinedine Zidane certainly had Inter on his mind when he made his team selection on Saturday afternoon, yet the French coach was justified as his charges eased to victory over Huesca.
Marcelo and Eder Militao were given an opportunity to make up for their recent poor performances, whilst Luka Modric returned to the starting XI after two successive matches on the bench.
Fede Valverde also started in midfield and got his name on the scoresheet with an impressive strike. If he can start adding goals to his game, he will become an even more deadly weapon for Real Madrid.
Eden Hazard, Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio appear to be the French coach's preferred forward line moving forward and they were given the chance to improve their cohesion by starting.
Have your say on the players' ratings below.
PEZLhhhjjkkkkkkpRul
524
Real madrid era of Midfield If u like it just give one like for fede Valverde π₯π₯π₯ππβ€π
footfan4532
432
I'm barca fan Iam happy that hazard scored I was felling bad for him
Rashnic/GOAT/CR7
252
Federico Valverde is a blessing to Real Madrid midfield
Aleonhkss
184
Me waiting for barka to blame this match on VAR!
Immanuel Ndango
104
keep shinning HAVA MADRID