This week, Real Madrid lost David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger due to injury. The couple certainly could not return in the Madrid derby this weekend and the play-off match with Man City in the middle of next week.
If recovered speeding, Rudiger could return in the second leg to take place on February 19. Real needed the German center -back because when he was on the pitch, in the last 4 encounters with City, Erling Haaland could not score.
Before Alaba and Rudiger, Real Madrid welcomed evil in the defense from October and 11.2024. Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao both suffer from knee injuries. Carvajal took about 4 months to recover and Militao had to take 8 months off, certainly unable to participate in the remaining phase of this season.
"Unfortunately in the past two days, we have lost two important players because of injury. Both Alaba and Rudiger will come back for about 20 days. Now Real Madrid needs to stand firm" - Carlo Ancelotti divided shall.
In fact, Real Madrid still has a center -back Jesus Valllejo. However, he has only kicked 10 minutes from the beginning of the season and has been notified in the club's plan. Therefore, Ancelotti could not deliver the responsibility.
One of the young talents from the Castilla furnace, Raul Asencio, had debuted in November last year. When he was a bit positive, the 21 -year -old star was involved in the suspected scandal that spread the sensitive clip of two women. Currently, Asencio is still investigated by police.
Initially, Asencio was not on the list that was promoted to the first team but Militao's injury helped the Spanish star to have that chance. In fact, Asencio is the third option, behind two young stars, Joan Martinez and Jacobo Ramon. However, both of them were injured and the flag reached Asencio.
Asencio has good speed and remarkable passing ability. In his debut against Osasuna, he had a very good support for Jude Bellingham. In terms of playing style, Asencio is considered quite similar to former captain Nacho Fernandez if kicked center -back.
The other person is capable of kicking the center -back, Aurelien Tchouameni. The French midfielder has repeatedly played in this position to patch the holes of the defense due to injury. Last season, there was a time when Tchouameni kicked very well when playing the center -back but the performance this season was the opposite.
"As a defensive midfielder, he brings a lot of value to the team. Tchouameni is very happy to return to this position in the match against Leganes but I told him not to be too happy" - Ancelotti hinted that he would only Bring Tchouameni back to the center -back position.
As for the position of the full -back, when Carvajal rested due to injury, Lucas Vazquez replaced quite well the position of his teammate left in the right. He did not appear in the match against Leganes but Ancelotti said nothing was serious. Therefore, Vazquez is expected to return from Madrid derby this weekend.
On the opposite wing, Real has full couples Ferland Mendy and Fran Garcia. In terms of class, Mendy is slightly better than Garcia but the performance of the two is quite bad at this time. Therefore, despite having enough personnel on this wing, Ancelotti could not help but worry. The most possible alternative if both have the same problem is Eduardo Camavinga. However, the French midfielder has just recovered with a hamstring injury. Besides, President Florentino Perez once said, he did not like to look at Camavinga defender.
