Real Madrid has suffered a huge injury that will seriously affect its planning for champions … (+)
Sunday morning, in Spain, thanks to an official declaration, Real Madrid confirmed a huge injury to one of its players, which will seriously affect the plans of head coach Carlo Ancelotti for the league qualifiers Champions of this month with Manchester City.
“After testing on our player Antonio Rudiger by Real Madrid medical services, he was diagnosed with a femoral biceps injury of his right leg,” the statement said.
It ended with the usual phrase of “pending evolution”, which means that the club has not specified recovery time for the German international.
According to Face Journalist Arancha Rodriguez, citing anonymous sources, Rudiger will be released for three weeks.
Marca Lays the two to three weeks, but anything is bad news for Ancelotti and Co.
Thanks to a second break from the LCA in two seasons, Eder Militao is absent for the rest of the 2024/2025 campaign.
This meant that Rudiger was the only senior central center in Madrid, Ancelotti having to turn between Pivot Aurelien Tchouameni and the revolutionary rookie Raul Asencio recruit to associate him.
Now in the light of Rudiger’s injury, David Alaba is the only real center of the back with a high -level experience at the Ancelotti team, although the Italian has planned that he is associated with Rudiger to the ‘Etihad for UCL qualifiers on February 11.
While things are held now, however, Rudiger is out of this match and maybe the return leg eight days later.
Even if he was in good shape, Ancelotti would take a big risk to rush rudiger directly into the Bernabeu fold for such a high -end tie.
Losing Rudiger is also a hard blow for Madrid’s hopes to keep the La Liga title. After losing both Rudiger and three points in the defeat of the 1-0 shock against Espanyol on Saturday evening, Madrid must now face Crosstown and Rival Rival Madrid next weekend when Alaba is still not in good shape 100% after recovering from a tear ACL December 2023.
Ancelotti might have to opt for Asencio and Tchouameni together, which is far from ideal.
In the end, with the closure of the transfer window on Monday, February 3, Madrid could make a last -minute release kick for a defensive strengthening that it has so far been reluctant to do.
