Actual Madrid can be heading to London with out six essential gamers for his or her UEFA Champions League quarter-final match in opposition to Arsenal on Tuesday night time. This lack of key gamers is a giant setback for his or her probabilities within the competitors.
The gamers who will miss the sport embrace midfielders Aurelien Tchouaméni and Dani Ceballos, defenders Éder Militao, Dani Carvajal, and Ferland Mendy, together with goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
Tchouaméni is out as a result of he received a yellow card within the final recreation in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, whereas Ceballos and Mendy are nonetheless recovering from accidents they received earlier than Actual Madrid’s final recreation in opposition to Valencia. Goalkeeper Lunin hasn’t absolutely recovered but, so Thibaut Courtois will in all probability play as an alternative.
Carvajal and Militao are additionally not able to play, which makes it even more durable for coach Carlo Ancelotti to arrange his protection.
On the brilliant facet, UEFA has cleared Antonio Rudiger, Vinicius Jr, Kylian Mbappe, and Dani Ceballos of any penalties after trying into how they celebrated their final win. This implies these key gamers can be out there for the large recreation in opposition to Arsenal.
Even with many essential gamers lacking, Actual Madrid will tackle an Arsenal staff that’s assured and wanting to make it to the Champions League semi-finals.