Group F | Matchday 5
The last-minute absence of the Croatian, who is dragging discomfort in the adductor, joins those of Benzema, Valverde, Ceballos and Mariano
Yet another setback for Carlo Ancelotti ahead of the duel between Real Madrid and RB Leipzig on Tuesday at the Red Bull Arena. The Chamartín club has announced this Monday that Luka Modric will be absent for the match corresponding to the fifth day of the Champions League group stage. Although the entity has not specified the reasons, the steering wheel drags discomfort in the adductor that invites caution.
The Croatian was summoned for the match in which the Whites, with qualification for the round of 16 already sealed after the draw achieved two weeks ago against Shakhtar Donetsk, will try to get at least one point to ensure their place as first in the group. But finally the Balkan, who started last Saturday against Sevilla and completed 77 minutes before leaving his position to Marco Asensio, did not take the plane that takes the fourteen-time European champion to the German city and thus becomes the fifth absence that Ancelotti must manage in the face of the lawsuit with the squad led by Marco Rose.
«Luka Modric will not play the match between Real Madrid and Leipzig, corresponding to matchday 5 of the Champions League Group Stage, which takes place tomorrow at the RB Arena. The Croatian was among those summoned by Ancelotti for this match, but he is absent at the last minute and does not travel with the team to Leipzig », indicates the note released by Real Madrid.
Three blackbirds from Castilla on the expedition
It should be remembered that, in addition to Modric’s, Real Madrid has significant casualties for this match of Benzema, who already missed the Whites’ League match against Sevilla due to muscle fatigue in the quadriceps of his leg left, and from Fede Valverde, who suffered a tough tackle from Papu Gómez in that match and carries a heavy blow that, however, should not prevent him from being available to Ancelotti for Sunday’s league match against Girona.
In addition, the Real Madrid coach still cannot count on the injured Ceballos, in the final stretch of his recovery, and Mariano. For all these reasons, Ancelotti included in the expedition the academy players Sergio Arribas, Carlos Dotor and Álvaro Rodríguez, the last of whom, a lanky Spanish-Uruguayan striker in whom they have great hopes placed in Valdebebas, was already summoned against Sevilla.
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