Already deprived of Eder Militao and David Alaba, Real Madrid lost Antonio Rüdiger on Thursday evening during the La Liga match at Getafe. Aurélien Tchouaméni has moved back into the central hinge.
Real Madrid only has one professional central defender left, Nacho! While Eder Militao returned to racing after a long convalescence and David Alaba is unavailable for the rest of the season, Antonio Rüdiger suffered a muscle injury during the Merengues’ match at Getafe on Thursday.
The German defender was injured at the end of the first period of this match postponed from the 20th day of La Liga and was assisted to leave the field (by his compatriot Toni Kroos). Returning from the locker room, Eduardo Camavinga came on and Aurélien Tchouaméni moved back to the central hinge. This will be the distribution of the roles of the two French internationals mentioned in the coming weeks.
The concern for Real Madrid is that Jude Bellingham and his teammates are playing big over the next 10 days, with a derby against Atlético on Sunday, a summit clash against Girona next week (again at the Bernabéu), then the Round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Leipzig (February 13 in Saxony). That’s a lot with so many injuries on defense!
