Official: Real Madrid Confirm Rudiger suffers injury & Miss Man City & Atletico Games
Real Madrid:
After tests performed on our player Antonio Rüdeliger, he was diagnosed with an injury to the femoral biceps of his right leg.
Real Madrid had a terrible evening in Barcelona on Saturday. They not only lost 1-0 to Espanyol, but there was also a serious injury folding and considering that they will be confronted with a crucial series of luminaires in the coming weeks, it is the last thing they needed.
Carlo Ancelotti is already without Eder Militao for the rest of the season after he had torn his front cruciate ligament in November, while David Alaba has just returned from a discharge of 13 months with the same injury. And now on top of this, Antonio Rudiger was forced against Espanyol with a muscular injury.
Real Madrid has now been confirmed that Rudiger “was diagnosed with an injury to the femoral biceps from his right leg”. According to Arancha Rodriguez, this hamstring injury will keep him out of operation for at least three weeks.
If this timeline is correct, Rudiger would miss the upcoming matches of Real Madrid against Leganes (Copa del Rey), Atletico Madrid, Manchester City (play-off first leg) and Osasuna, while he would also be a doubt for the return match of them Champions League Tie against the defensive Premier League champions.
Real Madrid has four major games in three games in the coming weeks, and if Rudiger all misses, it would be a huge blow. Ancelotti will hope that he can do it without the German defender for the matches against Leganes in the quarterfinals of Copa del Rey and Osasuna, but he is crushing news against Atleti and Man City.
Again, Real Madrid is reduced to just three options in the center of defense: Aurelien Tchouameni, Raul Asencio and Alaba. The Austrian defender will probably be used against Man City, but given that he is still far away from 100% match sharpness, it is far from ideal situation for Los Blancos.
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