Rayo Vallecano's treatment room clears after the internationals | OneFootball

The red-sashed side recover Isi, Luiz Felipe and Jozhua Vertrouwd ahead of the match against Athletic Club

The break for international fixtures has allowed Rayo Vallecano to considerably reduce the list of injured players it had been carrying since the start of the campaign. The coaching staff have been able to reintegrate three key players into full team training sessions: Isi Palazón, Luiz Felipe and Jozhua Vertrouwd. The Vallecas side’s captain has put behind him the issue he suffered at the end of August against Deportivo Alavés to build up match fitness, while the Italian-Brazilian centre-back has completed his rehabilitation process after the injury he had been carrying since the match in Athens. Vertrouwd’s return also strengthens the first team’s back line on the eve of LaLiga matchday eight.

A note of caution in the red-sashed dressing room concerns Randy Nteka and Iván Balliu, who have ultimately remained in the capital despite being included in the initial squads for Angola and Albania, respectively. Nteka, who shortened the timetable of his recovery from a muscular issue in the hamstrings of his right leg, travelled with the Angola national team but returned to Madrid as a precautionary measure so as not to push himself in the final stretch of his recovery. Meanwhile, the Albanian right-back declined to travel in order to continue specific treatment on the ankle discomfort he has been dealing with, with both players joining the training schedule at the club’s training ground alongside the reconditioning group.

With these developments, Rayo’s medical report has been substantially reduced after having as many as five players in the treatment room during the opening weeks of the competition. Aside from the long-term absence of Augusto Batalla, who underwent surgery after the clash against Alavés, the coaching staff head into the week’s work with the squad virtually at full strength. The progress of Nteka and Balliu will determine the final availability for the squad returning to the Estadio de Vallecas against Athletic Club, scheduled for next .

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