The middle behind is confronted with the time on the sidelines at an important moment of the campaign with the Champions League play-offs showing up.
Two to three weeks without Antonio Rüdeliger. The implications are important. Initially there was hope that the defender had only suffered a tension, but tests confirmed differently: a tear to his right hamstring.
Rüdiger to miss the Madrid Derby and play -Off against Man City
So Rambo goes on his way to the infirmary. He will not play in the derby. The situation can be catastrophic: it is excluded for the first stage of the Champions League play -off against City in the Etihad and it almost impossible that he will be fit for the return to the Bernabéu. Although they set that game within the club as a goal – perhaps an unrealistic – for his return. He also strives for it. But the injury is real. Ancelotti is left without a healthy first-team Center-Backs network if we enter the most crucial part of the campaign …
It all happened in the 14th minute of last night against Espanyol. He sprinted over the wing, jumped and felt a sharp pain at the landing. The kind of pain that you tell that something serious has happened. He quickly went to the ground and called for medical help. His teammates, alerted, insisted on faster help. For rüdeliger to call the doctors, something had to be wrong. And that was it. Damage to his judge hamstring. Initially it was thought that it was a drawn muscle. However, an MRI scan this morning revealed a tear for muscle fibers.
Medical sources from Real Madrid indicate that more rüdeliger will be out of 17 days. This is the estimated recovery time for a tear of this size. It means that he will be excluded for the Copa del Rey Quarter Final against Leganés, the Madrid Derby against Atleti in Laliga, the first play of the stage against City and the competition trip to Osasuna.
The big question is whether Rüdiger will be back for the return bone against City. The competition is planned for February 19 – 18 days after the injury, which cuts it very close. Although it is possible, given that he should train in advance, regain matchfitness and, above all, to ensure that there is no risk of a relapse, it looks very, very unlikely. The same sources said that the center-back will not play in the return bone. It would cost a 'miracle'. And that is all we know now.
Alaba hurried to return
The damage, beyond the muscle injury, is considerable. Ancelotti stays behind without healthy First-Team Center backs. Vallejo is practically invisible, Militão and rüdeliger is injured and Alaba is in the last phases of his recovery, but still needs some practice to regain matchfitness. However, due to the emergency situation, his return could be pushed through in advance. He will have to go from 0 to 100 almost immediately. The plan was that he would start in Butarque, but not to play back-to-back in the derby to prevent the area. And certainly not not to play at Etihad anymore. But now, that's what is needed. It is a great effort.
Unless Alaba Medical Staff says that he feels too overloaded, he starts the next game. Otherwise he will be in the line -up. The alternative would be a tchouameni-ascio pairs that Ancelotti does not convince. This situation emphasizes a disastrous sports planning: Real Madrid may have to play the most important league match and a crucial Champions League knockout with a converted midfielder and a youth team player …
Although the transfer market is open until 3 February at 11:59 PM EST, the signing of new players is still excluded. It is more about survival than blooming, just like Ancelotti. And so it will be the next two to three weeks.
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