This is bad news that fell on Monday for Real Madrid. If the Merengues took the day before an option on the qualification for the knockout stages of the Club World Cup by beating Pachuca (3-1), a huge tile that will impact them in the coming months has been announced. And it concerns an important player from the Madrid team.
Not Kylian Mbappé, who is still recovering from acute gastroenteritis, but Jude Bellingham. Elected best player in the meeting against the Mexican club, the Merengue midfielder has been suffering from the shoulder pain for some time. An injury that does not prevent him from playing all the matches of the White House, but will force him to spend on the billiards.
“I got to the point where the pain is no longer bearablehe said at a press conference. I was enough to play with the scarf. It's hot, I lose a lot of weight by dint of sweating. An operation is planned after the tournament. I have been waiting for a while and my patience is at the end. But physiotherapists and doctors were great. »»
Bellingham's private Real Madrid for four months?
According to journalist Alberto Pereiro, from Spanish radio Onda Cero, this operation will distance the young English international (21) from the fields “Between three and four months”
! A big blow for the new coach of Casa Blanca, Xabi Alonso, who will have to start next season without an important element of his device in the midfield.
After two matches in this club World Cup, which he started with a draw against Al-Hilal (1-1), Real Madrid occupies the first place in group H with 4 points. Tied with Salzburg. The confrontation against the Austrians, Friday, will therefore make it possible to determine who will finish at the top of this pool, knowing that a draw would qualify the two teams.
