Iker Casillas says his recovery from the broken bone in his hand goes better than expected and he could possibly be back involving the Real Madrid posts when late March.
Casillas' finger was broken by an accidental end from his team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa during Madrid's Copa del Rey quarter-final recreation at the Mestalla on January 23.
It absolutely was feared he'd experience three months on the sidelines, and the club moved quickly to signal Diego Lopez for 3.5 million from Sevilla to play in their likely season-defining games against Barcelona in the Copa and Manchester United in the Champions League.
The Madrid club leader told reporters on Thursday night, at the opening of a new club store at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, that the first schedule had only been a worst-case scenario.
"I am feeling really positive," Casillas said. "The surgeon gave me the worst-case scenario, he said 90 days it could take. But when the splint was removed last week, I was told I'd four weeks left. Now I'm doing effective exercises to obtain mobility and strength in the finger."
Casillas said he'd been working hard at Madrid's Valdebebas training center to obtain straight back playing the moment possible.
"Until now I have perhaps not had much energy in it, but I am receiving it back little by little," he said. "We are at the halfway point of the injury. I have still got monthly to go. I'll need to work more and experience more to obtain right back the freedom of before. I'm getting excited about returning. It is worse being off the message than on it."
The event was also visited by Casillas' team-mates including Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema, Angel Di Maria, Jose Callejon, Nacho and Kaka, while coach Jose Mourinho was missing.
Alonso told reporters that he did not know yet whether he would recover from his groin problem in 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 hoping to get better when possible, to have reduce the disquiet and reunite in top form. When I will get ready plenty of people ask. I desire to be able to play against Barca, but I don't have a solution right now."
Former Liverpool person Alonso stated that, with the tie balanced at 1-1, whoever scored first in the Champions League last 16 reunite sport at Manchester United on March 5 would be favourites to advance.
"They could have the help of their fans," he said. "It will probably be described as a challenge. The side that results first is going to be favourites. Old Trafford is a great surface and it is the kind of match all of us like to play. The tie is extremely open."
Di Maria said that it could fit Madrid to be playing overseas in both of the future, potentially season-defining, activities.
"Things are getting well and hopefully to carry on this way," he explained. "We know that we've to have large matches in both competitions and that it'll perhaps not be easy. Maybe playing away is likely to be within our favor because we prosper when things are against us. 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 was not concerned about his current poor form in front of target.
"I hope than I have to date that I score more goals, but the important things is the team and to win the upcoming matches," he explained. "We need certainly to come together to win. We've an excellent team and we are all in good form."
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