{"id":5865,"date":"2026-09-26T19:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2026-09-26T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:45:59","slug":"forgotten-real-madrid-star-could-return-to-start-vs-villarreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=5865","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Real Madrid star could return to start vs Villarreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A somewhat forgotten member of the defensive ranks at La Liga giants <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/real-madrid-26\">Real Madrid<\/a> could be afforded his first minutes of the new season from the off in the club\u2019s next outing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Stopper Asencio is for his part yet to take to the pitch in the colours of Real Madrid this season. Owing to a combination of fitness woes, legal troubles and competition for places, the Spaniard has been forced to watch on from afar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Amid a round of recent setbacks at the heart of Los Blancos\u2019 backline, though, Asencio could be set for a sudden return to prominence over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As per a report from Diario AS, with Dean Huijsen suspended and Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 sidelined ahead of a La Liga meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/villarreal-226\">Villarreal<\/a> on the far side of the international break:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2018Mourinho may be forced to field R\u00fcdiger and the Canary Islander against Villarreal.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/forgotten-real-madrid-star-could-return-to-start-vs-villarreal-43525038\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A somewhat forgotten member of the defensive ranks at La Liga giants Real Madrid could&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2Fv22Fphotobooth2Fcms2Fen2F435250383Fdate2026-09-26.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}