Total drama at Real Madrid: Three other starters break against Osasuna

Real Madrid beat Osasuna this Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu (4-0), a victory with a bitter taste for the 'merengue' team. Carlo Ancelotti's team settled the game in the first half with goals from Vinicius Jr. and Jude Bellingham, but they went into the break with three injured players that exacerbated the drama in the white squad.

The first to leave was Rodrygo Goes. In the 20th minute, the Brazilian gave way to Brahim Díaz on the field due to a puncture in the back of his left thigh. The '11' left in tears, although walking under his own power. Before the first half hour of the game was over, Éder Militao fell. The center back wanted to go to finish off a cross in the rival area, but he stepped wrong and ended up breaking his right knee.

The Bernabéu fell silent when they saw the defender leave on a stretcher with his face covered, while debutant Raúl Asencio entered in his place. To make matters worse, in the 38th minute, Lucas Vázquez also suffered a muscle injury that forced him to finish the first half limping, just to avoid exhausting one more window of substitutions.

Militao could miss the entire season again

Éder's injury is the one that looks the worst. Everything indicates that the defender once again tore his cruciate ligament, but this time it was his right knee that was affected. The Brazilian was practically out for the entire 2023/24 season due to the same injury to his left knee and retired on a stretcher, crying uncontrollably.

The loss of the '3' leaves Madrid with only one center back available in the first team (Antonio Rüdiger), since Jesús Vallejo does not count for Ancelotti and David Alaba still does not have a return date.

The 'merengues' also lost Dani Carvajal for the rest of the season and, without Lucas Vázquez, Fede Valverde would be forced to act as a right winger until the end of the year. As for centre-backs, the only alternative available is Aurélien Tchouaméni, who was also not present against Osasuna due to a muscle problem.

Ancelotti avoids getting 'wet' about signings to deal with injuries

In the post-match press conference, Ancelotti seemed resigned to the plague of injuries, stating that, for now, he cannot do anything more than try to resolve with the available players and those who can make the leap from Castilla, such as Raúl Asencio (debuted after Militao's injury).

In that sense, the Italian coach avoided getting wet about the arrival of reinforcements that would make it possible to alleviate the multiple casualties. "I'm not thinking about the market, because until the Christmas break we have to stick with what we have. Today Valverde played as a full-back, which I think is good, Raúl played as a center back... We will do the same as last year" 'Carletto' pointed out.