Real Madrid will be without the Englishman for the first stage of their Champions League -similar play against Rivals Atlético Madrid.
Real Madrid wants to jump back from a poor form of shape in LaLiga when they record City Rivals Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Los Blancos are the ruling European and Spanish champions, but they have only one of their last five LaLiga matches and are without a number of important players for the visit of Atléti. Head coach Carlo Ancelotti is expected to be without Federico Valverde and Dani Ceballos due to an injury, but the loss of Jude Bellingham is the most speech of the confirmed absence.
“I don't think it's the way we play,” Ancelotti said on Monday, when he was asked how the team would play without Bellingham at the point of midfield. “I don't think it's going to change a lot. We have to keep in mind that the players who have can safely get the chance tomorrow: Asencio, Camavinga … we have to look at things like this and nothing more. “
Why doesn't Jude Bellingham play for Real Madrid?
For all Madrid's injury problems this year, the absence of the Englishman is simply a disciplinary issue. Bellingham is suspended because of the accumulation of the yellow card, after he picked up his third booking of this year's tournament in last month's victory over Manchester City.
Bellingham will serve a ban on one game, which means that he is free to return for the second stage in the Metropolitano. Nevertheless, his absence will be a big loss for Madrid, because they try to achieve a new European victory against their close geographical rivals.
Yellow cards in the Champions League are deleted after the quarterfinals, but Madrid has a number of players who can easily pick up their third booking for that point. Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Endrick have each received two yellow cards for Los Blancos, which means that a single wrong challenge could come out on Tuesday from the crucial second leg against Atlético.
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