Actual Madrid have misplaced a 3rd defender to damage inside the similar day, after asserting David Alaba has ruptured the meniscus in his left knee.

Earlier on Tuesday, Madrid confirmed centre-back Antonio Rudiger had undergone surgical procedure for the same meniscus situation.

That announcement got here mere hours earlier than Rudiger was given a six-match ban by the Spanish Soccer Affiliation (RFEF) for throwing an object – reportedly an ice dice – at referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea in the course of the latter levels of Madrid’s Copa del Rey closing loss to Barcelona.

Los Blancos additionally revealed left-back Ferland Mendy faces a spell on the sidelines with a thigh downside, having already suffered a number of damage setbacks all through the season.

And Alaba has added to their defensive disaster, with Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao additionally long-term absentees for Carlo Ancelotti’s males.

Spanish media stories mentioned Alaba – like Rudiger and Mendy – must be match to characteristic on the revamped Membership World Cup, which begins in June.

Nevertheless, Madrid may very well be with out all three gamers for the remainder of their home marketing campaign, as they bid to overtake Barcelona’s four-point lead on the high of LaLiga.

Alaba began each legs of Actual Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final defeat to Arsenal however was an unused substitute for Saturday’s Copa del Rey closing, and he has been restricted to only seven appearances all through the 2024-25 marketing campaign.

Madrid host Celta Vigo on Sunday, then go to Barcelona for a recreation that might resolve the vacation spot of the title one week later.