Real Madrid will not play a league match this weekend, as their match against Athletic Club has been postponed due to the extra date that has been added in the CONMEBOL qualifiers and that prevented the South American players from arriving on time.
Therefore, the Whites will not be back on the pitch until Tuesday in the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk and for Ancelotti it is a relief as he has half a team in the infirmary with different ailments.
But fortunately for the Italian, and for all Madridistas, most of the injured will be able to be under the coach’s orders for the Champions League game and thus take shape and minutes ahead of the Clásico next weekend.
Ferland Mendy, who has not yet debuted this season, Marcelo, Casemiro, Dani Carvajal, Marco Asensio and Isco, will be available for this Tuesday. Éder Militão and David Alaba do not suffer any breakage and from the club they hope that they can travel to Kiev, while Camavinga and Hazard have trained with the group and it seems that they have also left their ailments behind.
Those who are confirmed low for the Champions League and for the Classic are Gareth Bale, who is in the final phase of his recovery; Dani Ceballos who does not have a fixed date for his return and is still recovering from the injury he suffered to his ankle during the Olympic Games, and Mariano who has suffered a trauma for two weeks and is training alone.
Thus, after several scares and doubts, Ancelotti will have at his disposal practically the entire squad for the vital duel against Shakhtar in which the whites are forced to take all three points after the unexpected loss to the Sheriff.
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