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Solari: Does Isco want to leave? That is not a question for me

The Madrid coach did not want to talk about the midfielder's situation

Solari se llevó los tres puntos ’in extremis’ del Benito Villamarín / | sport
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Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari did not want to talk about the Isco situation for the umpteenth time after leaving the midfielder on the bench for the 2-1 win over Real Betis on Sunday. 

Despite Madrid's injury crisis, Isco was not even brought on in Seville, with a number of reserve team players and youngsters picked ahead of him. 

"Does Isco want to leave Madrid? That is not a question for me," said Solari when asked about the Spain international's delicate situation at the Santiago Bernabeu. 

Before that, Solari said that "we are a squad which can be added to by the kids from Castilla if there are absences. Everyone's important because there are three competitions and [games] every three days."

Madrid were second best against Betis but emerged with the three points thanks to Dani Ceballos' late free-kick against his former side. 

"Football's like this, it has these things: players always score against their ex-sides and, luckily, it happened for us this time," Solario added. 

 

Solari praised the performances of his players against Betis, especially the youngsters: "Vinicius is growing, so are all the young players. Valverde, Brahim, Reguilon, Cristo... who did really well because it's tough to replace."