Despite its great victory against Villarreal (4-1), with a new goal from Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid lost two players, including one for probably a very long time.
Real Madrid’s victory (4-1) against Villarreal on Sunday had a bitter taste. We have to wait for the exams that the player will take on Monday, but it is possible that David Alaba is suffering from a rupture of the internal cruciate ligaments in his left knee. According to Cadena Cope, the Madrid staff think, at least, that it is a ligament sprain, which would be a lesser evil for the Austrian defender and Real. The images, however, are not reassuring… It was during a high press on Gerard Moreno that the former Bayern Munich player gave himself a twist which immediately caused him to collapse.
Evacuated from the field, the 31-year-old player was replaced by Nacho Fernandez, while his team led 2-0. Also note, the foot injury to Ferland Mendy, who came out during the break, the severity of which is not yet known. .
There are still positives in this evening marked by new physical glitches for the White House, not spared since the start of the season. The Merengue clearly dominated the Villarreal of the short-lived OM coach, Marcelino, with a new goal from the nugget Jude Bellingham, his 17th in 20 matches since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund. With a perfect cross header, the Englishman unlocked the counters in the first half (1-0, 25th), imitated by Rodrygo, attentive after a poor return from a corner (2-0, 37th).
In the second period, Brahim Diaz put on his Lionel Messi costume with a solo goal after a race initiated from the middle of the field concluded by a flat foot in front of Jorgensen (3-1, 64th). Ten minutes, Morales took advantage of the deconcentration of the Madrid defense to deceive Lunin, preferred to Kepa in the cage (2-1, 54th). Four minutes after Diaz’s gem, the indestructible Luka Modric, passer on the Bellingham goal, followed an action launched by Rodrygo and opened his foot well to add to the score (4-1, 68th).
Note, to give a little smile to Real supporters, that Aurélien Tchouameni played again for the first time since the end of October and his injury after the Clasico.
