Real Madrid still recovers from their defeat against Arsenal in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, after having had their worst defeat of the season outside their games against Barcelona. Los Blancos will have to destroy a shortage of three goals against the Gunners in the Santiago Bernabeu and will probably have to do this with few more resources than they had in the first stage.
An important factor could be the return of Aurelien Tchouameni, who missed the first stage by suspension. On the other hand, his replacement, Eduardo Camavinga, who started in addition to Luka Modric in midfield, will miss the game by suspension after he was sent late in the first stage.
The news on the Loccular front is not much better for Carlo Ancelotti, according to Diario ALS. David Alaba was moved to the left in the first stage, but struggled to deal with Bukayo Saka, but Ferland Mendy will not come back from his hamstring problems for next week. In the meantime, Tchouameni, in an ideal world for Real Madrid, would be collaborated by Dani Ceballos. It was hoped that he would be back in time for the first stage, but the same exhaust valve notes that it is very unlikely that Ceballos will be back in time.
He did part of their training session on Wednesday, but that has been the case for several days. It is noted that Ceballos was initially excluded for six to eight weeks and is about to reach five weeks.
It probably means that one of Alaba or Fran Garcia will be chosen instead of Mendy for the second stage, while the absence of Ceballos is a well -known headache for Ancelotti. Fede Valverde will undoubtedly be a starter, but the Italian will have to choose whether he will continue on the right, opens the door for Midric in midfield, or whether he returns next to Tchouameni, which probably means that Lucas Vazquez would start to the right.
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