Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 8:26 AM• Yanick Vos • Last update: 08:34

Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde was not fully fit for Wednesday night’s game against Liverpool, but nevertheless appeared at the kick-off and completed the ninety minutes. After the scoreless draw, his partner Mina Bonino shared a photo of the Uruguayan’s foot before the match. It can be seen that Valverde played the return of the Champions League quarter-final at Anfield with an injury to his foot.

The flush in the rear was thin for trainer Zinedine Zidane. He had to do without Sergio Ramos (corona), Raphaël Varane and Daniel Carvajal (injured) in Liverpool. Valverde was also not fully fit, but announced in the run-up to the return in England that he was willing to play with painkillers. The photo that his girlfriend has released shows that pain relief was not superfluous. On Twitter, Bonino shows a photo of Valverde’s foot, which is completely purse on the inside. “This was this afternoon. I didn’t want to post anything before the competition was over ”, she writes with the photo.

Esto fue hoy a la tarde. No quería poner nada hasta que terminase el partido y seguro después me retes por publicarla, pero debo hacerlo igual porque es tu esfuerzo y nadie te regalo nada. Día y día pinchándote para estar firme y hoy cumpliste más que nunca Sos nuestro orgullo pic.twitter.com/PnZjOpx3jJ

– Mina Bonino (@Minabonino) April 14, 2021