Terrible news for Real Madrid and Austria. While his Spanish club dominated Villarreal (4-1), during the 17th day of La Liga, the Austrian defender, David Alaba, was forced to abandon his partners half an hour into the game. Indeed, after a nice climb to recover a ball from the feet of an opponent, the former Bayern player collapsed to the ground, screaming in pain. Medical examinations carried out after the match confirmed the worst prognosis: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament. He will no longer play this season with Real Madrid:
“After the examinations carried out on our player David Alaba, he was diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The player will be operated on in the coming days., is written in the official Real Madrid press release, published a few minutes after the end of the match on Sunday evening. This is another hard blow for the Merengues who remain with two central defenders available and will therefore not close the door to a probable reinforcement this winter.
