Real Madrid look set without defender David Alaba and midfielder Eduardo Camavinga for the Copa del Rey final after both were injured in the 1-0 Leaga victory on Getafe on Getafe.
A first half goal of Turkish midfielder Arda Guler insured the victory for Real that kept their LaLiga title ambitions alive.
The Triumph, however, came to a prize and coach Carlo Ancelotti is already without important players Kylian Mbappe and Ferland Mendy prior to Saturday's Copa del Rey final against Rivals Barcelona.
'We will see it [on Thursday] What the medical examinations say, but [Alaba and Camavinga] Both have sustained legs and it seems very unlikely that they will reach the final of Saturday, “Ancelotti said in his press conference after the game.
With Mendy, Alaba and Camavinga all potential absent, Ancelotti must trust Fran Garcia to fill the left-wing position, where he would be given the task of keeping Barcelona's 17-year-old sensation Lamine Yamal.
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Barcelona, ​​who pursues a Treble with the first stage of their Champions League-Halve Final against Inter Milan next week, is at the top of Laliga at 76 points at the top, four for Real with five more games.
They have already achieved emphatic victories this season and won 4-0 in Santiago Bernabeu in Laliga in October and 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia in January.
“There may be a favorite, but a final is a final. And everything can happen,” said Ancelotti.
“We will have to defend well, but we will be our chances at the top. Today's victory is a good boost. It was a good first half and at the end more difficult, but we won.”
Madrid has won three consecutive LABERA matches with a 1-0 score for the second time in the last 33 years, after he had also done this in July 2020.