After losing Jude Bellingham to injury on the hour mark against Girona, Real Madrid will also have to do without Ferland Mendy, also affected. At the very end of the match, the Frenchman was forced to leave the field to receive medical treatment.
Faced with the impossibility for the player to return to the pitch and finish the match, Carlo Ancelotti finally decided to replace Mendy with Fran Garcia, who entered in the 81st minute of play.