The FIFA virus continues to strike the Spanish capital. Orphaned of several key players, such as Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga and Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid will continue to observe the international break with a certain anxiety. And for good reason. After the injuries of Dani Ceballos, victim of a serious ankle sprain, Jesus Vallejo, affected muscularly, or Eder Militão, injured during a training session with his selection a few hours before facing Ecuador, the Casa Blanca has learned yet another piece of bad news.
On Friday night, Arda Güler was also forced to leave the field due to injury during Turkey’s 0-0 draw with Wales in the Nations League. At the very end of the match, the young Madrid talent complained about his calf before giving up his place. Seen with a heavy bandage on his calf at the final whistle, the Ankara native could therefore find himself on the sidelines in the coming weeks. While the Turkish international (13 caps, 2 goals) is preparing to undergo further tests to determine the exact nature and severity of his injury, this bad news adds to the current disaster being experienced by Carlo Ancelotti’s men.
Real Madrid’s infirmary is packed!
As a reminder, this is already the fifth injury of the week recorded by the Madrid players after the withdrawals of Ferland Mendy, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Dani Ceballos and therefore Eder Militão. Enough to worry the residents of the Santiago Bernabéu before the restart. In addition, they are forced to do without the services of David Alaba, injured last December and who is expected in October in the best case scenario. Carlo Ancelotti only has Antonio Rüdiger as the only professional central defender still available at the time of writing.
If Fran Garcia, Daniel Carvajal and Lucas Vázquez are operational to occupy the wings, the Italian technician will therefore most certainly have to find alternatives before facing Real Sociedad on September 14. One thing is certain, this massacre will not fail to make people talk beyond the Pyrenees, notably rekindling the debates around the overloaded calendar, often decried by football players in recent months.
