The worst news that Real Madrid received minutes before facing Girona

Real Madrid is focused for the key match of the day, as they face a very tough match against Girona, who has the revelation team of the season. Now, the merengue club received terrible news regarding Antonio Rudiger, who until a few hours ago, seemed like he could be a starter.

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This is how Real Madrid communicated Rudiger's current situation today in a medical report: "Following the tests carried out today on our player Antonio Rüdiger by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the vastus lateralis of his left thigh. Pending evolution."

After the low blow, Carlo Ancelotti's challenge is how he was going to juggle to field a solid defense without Rudiger, Alaba, Militao and Nacho, that is, the four central defenders of the squad.

Thus, this is Real Madrid's starting eleven for today's duel, where clearly Ancelotti had to experiment to solve the problems in defense: Andriy Lunin; Lucas Vázquez, Daniel Carvajal, Aurelin Tchouameni, Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde, Toni Kroos, Camavinga; Rodrygo, Bellingham and Vinicius.

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Carvajal in central defense, again:

One of those blamed for the draw against Atletico Madrid was precisely Daniel Carvajal, who was forced to play central defense despite being short. Ancelotti commented on this: “I can't say much to Carvajal, he was the most expert of those he had. When Rüdiger plays, he gives a lot of advice to Tchouaméni, but we can't say anything to Carvajal, because he already knows perfectly how a center back plays. In the reduced fields, in fact, he has always been central.”