Real Madrid suffered a heavy setback on Saturday night when they won against Villarreal 2-0 at home in La Liga.
In extra time, right-back Dani Carvajal suffered a blow in a duel and was then left lying on the grass, while screaming his pain. Several teammates and medical personnel were quickly at his side, and in the end he left the field on a stretcher in tears.
– That looks serious for Carvajal, says TV4 Play’s commentator Christoffer Svanemar in the broadcast.
– It is in tears that Carvajal leaves the pitch. There are heavy images as he is lifted off the pitch to warm applause from the home crowd. It’s not just a crowd favorite and standard bearer. He is also one of the world’s best in his position, he continues.
Afterwards, coach Carlo Ancelotti confirms that it is a knee injury and fears the worst, that the player will be out for a long time.
– It looks like a pretty serious knee injury. They need to examine him in the next few hours. They are sad and worried in the dressing room, he says according to the Spanish newspaper AS and continues:
– He is a fundamental player for us in terms of experience, personality and professionalism. I have spoken to him briefly and he is sad and disappointed. There is not much to do. We’ll see what the doctors say and then make sure he recovers. The doctors haven’t informed me what kind of knee injury it is. He needs tests, but it’s a knee injury.
Goal scorer Federico Valverde suffers with Carvajal.
– We don’t care about the victory now. We hope Carvajal is well. That’s all that matters, he says according to AS.
Carvajal is a key player in Real Madrid and took part in taking the Spanish national team to European Championship gold in Germany this summer. Over the years, he has scored 14 goals and 65 assists in 427 appearances with the “Meringues”.
