The Brazilian winger suffers a torn left piriformis muscle that will see him out for around ten days, while the Austrian centre-back has a torn biceps femoris that will keep him out for around a month.
Still bathed in euphoria following their historic victory at Anfield, Real Madrid received a pitcher of cold water on Thursday when confirming the injuries of Rodrygo Goes and David Alaba, who played Saturday’s league derby against Atlético de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu and they will not be able to take part in next Thursday’s match against Barça in the match corresponding to the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, which will also be played at the Paseo de la Castellana Coliseum.
Rodrygo was forced to withdraw from Anfield in the 80th minute of Tuesday’s game after suffering from a left buttock pain. After the Real Madrid expedition returned from Liverpool and Ancelotti rested his squad on Wednesday, the Brazilian underwent an MRI this Thursday which confirmed the winger had suffered a small tear in the left piriformis muscle. Although the club has not specified when he will be out, the São Paulo player will be out for about ten days, so it would be normal for him to miss the game against Betis on March 5. the twenty-fourth day of the League.
The loss of Rodrygo is a serious setback for Carlo Ancelotti, who has one of his most effective dislikes coming off the bench in the ’21’ and a perfect wildcard to complete the eleven as his versatility allows him to function in all three positions. the offensive front. With Vinicius becoming the owner and lord of the left, it’s on the right wing where Rodrygo has played most games so far this season, but the coach has also regularly used him to cover Benzema’s absence due to injury as a false nine.
Improving his performance compared to the previous season, Rodrygo is the fourth Real Madrid footballer to have played the most games so far this season (35, as many as Vinicius and only one less than Camavinga and Valverde) and is also the fourth most striker for the Whites with ten goals, surpassed by Benzema and Vinicius’s 18 and Valverde’s 12. In terms of minutes, he is fifth in Ancelotti’s selection with 2,332, behind Vinicius (3,066), Valverde (2,863), Courtois (2,400) and Rüdiger (2,367).
It should also not be forgotten that Rodrygo shone in the two rounds that Real Madrid fought against Atlético this season. He opened victory for the whites with a goal in the first-round league match at the Metropolitano and a month ago neutralized Morata’s goal at the Santiago Bernabéu, contributing to the locals’ comeback in the quarter-finals of the Cup King .
With regard to Alaba, Real Madrid have announced that the defender has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the distal third of the right femoral biceps. An accident that will keep him in dry dock for about a month and that will deprive Ancelotti of another of his Praetorians. If the predictions come true, the Austrian will miss the league matches against Atlético, Betis, Espanyol and Barça. He will also not be available for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against the Catalan team, nor for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Liverpool.
Alaba played 29 games this season, with a total of 2,214 minutes in which he scored two goals. Regular starter in the axis of defense along with Militao, he already suffered an injury to the soleus of his right leg in early January that saw him miss seven games, including the two in the Spanish Super Cup played by Real Madrid.
He returned in early February, starting from the bench in the Whites’ loss to Mallorca in Son Moix. He then completed 90 minutes in the league against Elche and Osasuna and also started against Liverpool on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. But in minute 27 he was forced to retire after feeling a puncture in his hamstring and left his position on the left to Nacho due to the accident that will keep him in the infirmary for a month. The man from Alcalá looks set to become his replacement while he remains absent, although Camavinga has also performed successfully on the left.
The good news for Real Madrid is that Aurélien Tchouaméni has recovered from the flu which prevented him from traveling to Pamplona last weekend and being at Anfield on Tuesday. The French midfielder normally participated in training in the Ciudad Deportiva de Valdebebas this Thursday and everything indicates that Ancelotti can count on him for the derby on Saturday. His compatriot Ferland Mendy, who has been sidelined since the end of January due to a torn semimembranosus muscle in his left leg, is also doing well and is expected to return to the team in less than two weeks.
Source: La Verdad
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