As is customary around this time every season, clubs are crossing their fingers to avoid the dreaded ‘FIFA Virus’. The national team break forces teams to release their players for international commitments and the real Madrid They are holding their breath so that none of their 11 players return injured for the return of competition on September 14 against Royal Society in Anoeta.
Carlo Ancelotti currently has six footballers in the Valdebebas infirmary. Among the known casualties of David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga and Jude Bellingham Three other footballers joined in on Monday: Dani Ceballos, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Ferland Mendy. The Andalusian midfielder will be sidelined from the playing field for between six and eight weeks due to a grade III sprain affecting the ligaments in his right ankle.
The core, in the picture
Mendy and Tchouaménimentioned by Didier Deschamps for meetings of League of Nations in the view of Italy and Belgiumhad to leave the concentration of the French team on Clairefontaine due to two physical problems that, at first, were not serious. The full-back is suffering from muscle overload in the tibia area and the midfielder has discomfort in his left leg. They both returned to Madrid and yesterday they worked out at the gym City of Valdebebas Sports.
In it Madrid Concern spreads over the 11 players who flew out with their national teams: Carvajal, Modric, Güler, Brahim, Lunin, Valverde, Mbappé, Militao, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Endrick. The team has yet to start the League and the lack of personnel in the midfield is alarming. For now, Carlo Ancelotti He has only three pure midfielders at his disposal: Luka Modric, Arda Güler and Fede Valverde. The five South Americans, of which four are indisputable Carlettois the most worrisome because of the importance and rigidity of their commitments (qualifiers for 2026 World Cup) and the mileage they will accumulate on their respective round trips.
Take a break after a break
The strategy of Madrid to reduce the effects of the break is to give players more vacation days, as announced Carlo Ancelotti before starting the season. “The players need to rest, they need a vacation, we are thinking of giving individual vacation to the players. A player may not play for a week and rest with his family, especially international players, who have little rest. “We are analyzing it with the medical team and physical preparation,” declared the Italian.
Source: La Verdad
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