The third national team break of the season has increased Real Madrid’s large list of casualties with the names of Camavinga and Vinicius, two very sensitive losses for a team already badly hit by injuries. The worst unemployed has been the Frenchman, who the Real Madrid medical services found in tests this Friday “a tear of the external lateral ligament in his right knee”, according to the official statement. The club estimates that the player could be out for between eight and ten weeks. In the most conservative scenario, he would return after the Spanish Super Cup, which takes place in Saudi Arabia from January 10 to 14.
The midfielder was injured this Wednesday during training with the French team, which is preparing for its match this Saturday against Gibraltar. He received a blow from Ousmane Dembélé and was left lying on the ground, where the doctors performed an initial examination of his right knee. He limped out of the session. In those first hours, the French federation announced that the footballer had suffered a sprain. Camavinga returned to Madrid this Thursday, and the next morning he went to Valdebebas to undergo new tests, already with the Real Madrid teams, who found a more serious ailment than that initial estimate.
With these data on the table, the club is now waiting for details of the mishap suffered hours before in Barranquilla by Vinicius, during the Colombia-Brazil qualifier for the next World Cup. The attacker retired in the 27th minute with discomfort in the back of his left thigh, the same area that was damaged on August 25 in a match against Celta. That injury kept him out of action until September 27, a month in which he missed three League games and one Champions League game, in addition to the September international break.
Before half an hour into the game, Vinicius sat down on the grass and called the doctors. “I think it was the same injury as last time,” he said, referring to the muscle tear he suffered in August in the match in Vigo. “I took a hit and I resented it afterwards,” he explained. A few minutes before he had suffered a hard tackle from Davinson Sánchez. The Brazilian explained that they would do tests throughout this Friday to determine the extent of the illness, data that keeps Madrid in suspense.
These two casualties add to a long list. Courtois and Militão each suffered knee ligament tears and still have months of recovery ahead of them. Tchouameni suffered a stress break to his toe in the classic and will not reappear before mid-December. Kepa also has a few days left to recover from a muscle tear. Arda Güler, who has not yet been able to make her debut, has suffered her third mishap, this time a muscle injury, and needs at least another month. Ceballos heads into the final days of his recovery. And Bellingham, whom England released during this break due to his left shoulder problems, is training alone these days, with the hope of reappearing the next day, Sunday, November 26 in Cádiz (6:30 p.m., Movistar).
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2023-11-17 11:36:48
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