Real Madrid defender Eder Militao is full pride to have returned from an early season ACL injury.
Militao was back for the weekend win against Athletic Bilbao - seven months after suffering his knee injury.
He said: "There are moments in this injury that you have to take advantage of to be with your family, you have to do things that you were not used to doing. They are long and difficult days. You don't feel alone.
"Being with your teammates and feeling the joy of the locker room motivates you to stop thinking about other things. I have been able to spend more time with my daughter, with my parents... Looking at them made me smile.
"I dreamed about my return about five times: when I started running I began to have the dream of playing again. I felt happy. I told my family that my return would be a very special day. For me it is a moment that I will take with me all my life."
