Real Madrid did not suffer new injuries following the first quarter of the Tuesday night champions league against Arsenal, but it will not yet be in full force for the return game.
David Alaba lined up to the left at the Emirates Stadium. It is a role in which he first starred in his career before moving to the center’s campaign during the 2019/20 campaign. But the 32-year-old, who has struggled with the physical form of recovering from an ACL absence, was destroyed by Bukayo Saka.
Alaba was given his head ahead of Fran Garcia, who has started most of the games in recent weeks. Ferland Mendy, who may be the best -equipped player to face Saka, was ruled out of the first stage Guillermo RaiIt is not expected to return to the second.
In search of a 16th European Cup, Madrid is commissioned to override an aggregate deficit of 3-0 surprise at Bernabeu. Twice free from Declan Rice In a rapid succession he pushed Arsenal to leadership that very few teams in the history of the Champions League resigned.
In 47 times, a total leadership of three or more goals has only been annulled four times. Deportivo La Coruna retired against AC Milan in the quarterfinals of 2004, before Barcelona and the rise against Paris Saint-Germain in 2017. A famous goal of Kostas Manolas completed a similar comeback for Rome in Barcelona a year later, with Liverpool, also against Barcelona, the most recent team for a total acquisition, in 2019.
Madrid has no choice but to be optimistic that they can become the fifth.
“There is a second section, this is what we keep. We will need something incredibly special, something really crazy, but if there is a place where crazy things can happen, it is our house.” Jude Bellingham said in the wake of the defeat of the first game.
