Real Madrid is set to miss Thibaut Courtois and Rodrygo Goes in Saturday’s El Clasico because of injuries. Los Blancos recorded a sensational comeback win over Borussia Dortmund, but Carlo Ancelotti will now have to find solutions for one of the biggest games of the season.
Madrid’s season plighted by injuries
With only 22 players in the first team, the Italian tactician has the smallest squad out of all clubs LaLiga and Champions League clubs. And that was further tested with injuries since the start of the campaign. One of the club’s highest earners, David Alaba is yet to return to action after a serious knee injury. Euro 2024 winner Dani Carvajal enters a challenging recovery phase following an incident late against Villareal.
Both defenders will certainly not return before 2025. Meanwhile, Moroccan international Brahim Díaz hopes to make a full recovery from a hamstring injury in mid-December. Earlier in the season, Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga missed multiple games due to injury layoffs.
Real Madrid also kept Vinicius Junior and Éder Militão from joining Brazil’s squad for October’s World Cup qualifiers, but they played all 14 games for the club this season.
Real Madrid injuries before El Clasico open opportunities
Having missed the Villareal game and the defeat at Lille because of muscular discomfort, Courtois will now be on the sidelines for a few weeks for a similar issue. The Belgian only played the last month of last season following two knee surgeries.
Back then, Real Madrid signed Kepa Arrizabalaga on loan to provide competition for Andriy Lunin. Kepa, who still holds the record for the most expensive goalkeeper, returns to the Premier League with another loan deal taking him into Bournemouth after making 20 appearances for the Spanish capital club.
Lunin not only won the battle to play between the posts in Courtois’ absence, but he was also a big reason for Real Madrid’s 15th Champions League…
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Author : Eskender Tamrat
Publish date : 2024-10-23 20:34:39
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