El Real Madrid faced the match once morest Al Ahly with eight casualties, his highest number of injuries so far this season. He increase in casualties in the white team has been a constant since the return to competition following the World Cup break.
Ancelotti featured two casualties once morest Valladolid (Mariano and Militao) in the first post-World commitment, to start from that moment a steady rally match following match until reaching the maximum peak of the eight lows to play the semifinal of the Club World Cup.
Club World Cup, semifinals: Summary and goals of AlAhly 1-4 Real Madrid
Two losses before Valladolid and Cacerenothree once morest Villarreal, Valencia and Barcelonafour in front of Villarreal in Cup, five once morest Athletic, Athletic and Real Sociedadthree before him Valencia in the league, six with Mallorca… and eight o’clock before him Al Ahly. A worrying increase and one that has left Ancelotti just enough to face a schedule full of commitments. The technician, who handled the masterful rotations in the early stages of the season, has gone losing troops to move the eleven.
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The injuries are harshly punishing Madrid, which accumulates 12 since the beginning of the year. In January they suffered seven physical setbacks and in February there are already five. A injury crisis at the worst moment and that have their relevance in the roller coaster of results that the white team is experiencing.
A plague that, moreover, has struck very important players for Ancelotti. Since returning to competition, the coach has lost seven games to Alabasix to Tchouaméniin eight to Lucas Vazquezsix carvajal and four Mendy. In addition to other series of less prolonged absences. An accumulation of casualties that have turned the last weeks of Ancelotti in a survival exercise.
