JAKARTA - Real Madrid face the possibility of not being strengthened by their flagship midfielder Luka Modric in the Copa del Rey final and the first leg of the 2022/2023 European Champions League semi-finals.
In a recent statement on the official website on Friday, April 28, the Spanish giant confirmed the Croatian international was having problems with the back of his left thigh.
After a test was carried out on Luka Modri Calf by Real Madrid's medical team, he had been diagnosed with an injury to the back of his left thigh. Its development will continue to be monitored," Madrid wrote.
Modric got the injury while defending Los Blancos against Girona on Wednesday, April 26. Although there has been no further development, this injury makes Modric threatened not being able to play the two important matches above.
The team nicknamed Los Blancos will play the Copa del Rey final against Osasuna on Sunday, May 7 before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against City on Wednesday, May 10.
We are waiting to see how he and I are developing and I don't know if he will play in the final [Copa del Rey]. Let's hope he returns for the remainder of the important game," Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was quoted as saying by the BBC.
Modric was replaced after playing 63 minutes as Madrid suffered a 2-4 defeat in the middle of the week against Girona. Los Blancos will play a league match against Almoria and Real Sociedad before the Copa del Rey final.
Madrid currently have no big hope in the La Liga event. For that, the Copa del Rey and the European Champions League trophies are the two remaining hopes they can fight for.
Ancelotti's troops will play the first leg of the European Champions League semi-final against City at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. They then travel to the Etihad on Thursday, May 18, 2023.
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