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Real Madrid star will not play against Chelsea for an unusual reason

By Fredi Roman

One of the Merengue figures will miss the semifinal. 

One of the Merengue figures will miss the semifinal. 

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A practically unprecedented event in professional football can take place at Real Madrid. Is that Marcelo, the team's left-back, for now will miss the rematch of the Champions League semifinal against Chelsea because he was summoned to a polling station in the Madrid elections! "We are fine and we know what we have to do. In the second leg it will be different," said the Brazilian after yesterday's draw. But can he be present at Stamford Bridge? The situation is very complicated and at this time it is hard.

The elections will be held on May 4. The information was published by El Mundo and affirms that Marcelo must participate in them as a member of a table. And as it is said, everything indicates that he will not be able to be absent.

The position of Real Madrid on the situation of Marcelo

Zinedine Zidane will lose an important man in his squad. That is why a legal team from Merengue is working to try to get the player to be absent for the appointment. However, the Electoral Board rejected the request and justified it in that the match against Chelsea will be played a day later, so that Marcelo could travel the same day as the match.

Although Real Madrid has the possibility of specifying that, reality indicates that it is almost utopian due to the strict sanitary regulations imposed by UEFA. The club will insist but several European media agree that there is pessimism in the Electoral Board declining Marcelo.

Marcelo spoke after the draw against Chelsea

“We have come in with a proposal to do things and we have not been able to do it, but when we started doing it it was totally different. We knew that this could happen and that there is another game", he commented on Movistar +. “We don't choose the rhythm of the game. We have to know how to adapt to what is out there. Today was another difficult game, but we are fine and calm because we are going to play another great game there”, he continued in the analysis.

Finally, Marcelo sent a message of optimism to the fans since, with this result, Chelsea would be in the final in Istanbul on May 29: “Now we are going to rest and see what we have to do, but it will change. . The message is that we are working hard and doing the things that can work for us. Real Madrid is going to fight until the end”, he said.

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