{"id":24937,"date":"2024-02-10T16:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24937\/real-madrid-face-cb-injury\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T13:36:44","slug":"real-madrid-face-cb-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24937","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid face CB injury crisis before Girona showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid face CB injury crisis before Girona showdown\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Alex Kirkland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rodrigo Faez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">February 10, 2024, 1:16 p.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Antonio R\u00fcdiger has injured his thigh, Real Madrid confirmed on Saturday, leaving the La Liga giants without a fit centre-back for their top-of-the-table clash against Girona, and ahead of their return to Champions League action next <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid host Girona at the Bernab\u00e9u on Saturday with just two points separating the two teams at the top of La Liga, before traveling to RB Leipzig in the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream LIVE: Real Madrid vs Girona at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The league leaders are already without first-choice defenders \u00c9der Milit\u00e3o and David Alaba, who suffered ACL tears in August and December respectively, while Nacho Fernandez is unavailable due to a pulled muscle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the examinations carried out today on our player Antonio Rudiger by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he was diagnosed with a muscular injury in the vastus lateralis of the left thigh,\u201d Real Madrid said in a press release on Saturday. .  \u201cHis progress is pending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rudiger was injured during a challenge with Getafe striker Mason Greenwood on February 1, although the issue was initially dismissed as a knock.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Antonio R\u00fcdiger will miss Saturday&#39;s match against Girona due to a thigh injury. <cite>Guillermo Martinez\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>On Friday, coach Carlo Ancelotti said Rudiger would undergo a late fitness test to determine his availability against Girona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRudiger trained today for the first time and he felt good,\u201d Ancelotti told a press conference.  &#8220;Tomorrow we have time for another test. If he feels good, at his best, he will play, and if he doesn&#39;t, we won&#39;t take a risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti added that he expected club captain Nacho to be &#8220;well&#8221; for the Leipzig match on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Full-back Dani Carvajal replaced the centre-back against Atletico Madrid last weekend, and Ancelotti said he would <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> alongside midfielder Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni in a makeshift back line against Girona in the absence of Rudiger.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid have overcome a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">series<\/a> of injury problems this season &#8211; with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois also suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in August and star striker Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior out for more than two months with hamstring problems &#8211; to dominate the La Liga standings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid face CB injury crisis before Girona showdown\u060c Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez February 10, 2024, 1:16 p.m. Antonio R\u00fcdiger has injured his thigh, Real Madrid confirmed on Saturday, leaving the La Liga giants without a fit centre-back for their top-of-the-table clash against Girona, and ahead of their return to Champions League action next week. 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