Iker Casillas says his recovery from a broken bone in his hand goes a lot better than expected and he could possibly be back involving the Real Madrid posts when late March.
Casillas' hand was broken by a random end from his team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa during Madrid's Copa del Rey quarter-final sport at the Mestalla on January 23.
It was feared he would experience 3 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 games against Barcelona in the Copa and Manchester United in the Champions League.
The Madrid club captain told reporters on Thursday evening, at the beginning of a new club shop at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, that the initial schedule had only been a worst-case scenario.
"I am feeling really positive," Casillas said. "The physician gave me the worst-case scenario, he said it may get three months. But last week when the splint was removed, I was told I'd four weeks left. Now I am doing active exercises to have freedom and strength in the finger."
Casillas said he'd been spending so much time at Madrid's Valdebebas education facility to have back playing as soon as possible.
"Until now I have maybe not had much strength in it, but I'm receiving it back little by little," he said. "We have reached the halfway point of the injury. I have still got monthly to go. I will have to work more and suffer more to get straight back the flexibility of before. I am getting excited about returning. It's worse being off the pitch than on it."
The event was also attended 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 did not know yet whether he'd get over his groin 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 have reduce the distress and return in top form. When I'll get ready plenty of people ask. I hope to be able to perform against Barca, but I don't have an answer right now."
Former Liverpool player Alonso said that, with the link balanced at 1-1, whoever won first in the Champions League last 16 get back sport at Manchester United on March 5 would be favourites to succeed.
"They can have the support of the fans," he explained. "It will probably be considered a concern. The side that results first will undoubtedly be favourites. Old Trafford is a good floor and it is the type of match all of us prefer to play. The tie is very open."
Di Maria stated that it could suit Madrid to be playing overseas in both of the future, probably season-defining, games.
"Things are going well and develop to continue this way," he said. "We know that we have to have huge matches in both tournaments and that it'll maybe not be easy. Because we excel when things are against us perhaps playing away will soon be inside our favour. We have had this week to work with the best way to approach the games. I really hope everything goes well."
Benzema, who remains question for Saturday evening's La Liga game at Deportivo La Coruna, said he wasn't focused on his current poor form facing target.
"I trust that I score more goals than I've to date, but the important things could be the squad and to win the forthcoming matches," he said. "We need certainly to work together to get. We have a great team and we are all in good form."
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