Ancelotti's four centre-backs are injured. The German ran the day before yesterday on the Valdebebas grass, and yesterday, he worked with the rest of the group with notable normality. Club sources confirmed that he was not at 100%; there was still pain, but there was talk of "a lot of optimism." He aimed to reach Girona. But not only will he not do it, but he will be out for a medium duration: he suffers an injury to the vastus lateralis of the left thigh, but the damage is greater than thought. Superior to a mere bruise. And he has to rest.

Therefore, Real Madrid have no centre-backs four hours before facing the second-place team in La Liga and three days before playing in the Champions League round of 16. Militao faces the final stretch of his recovery after breaking his cruciate (but he still has at least a month left), Alaba will not play for the entire season (broken cruciate, too), Nacho suffers from muscle overload (he is expected in Leipzig , but not today) and now, Rüdiger.

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