Why Thibaut Courtois and Rodrygo miss Real Madrid vs Barcelona

Real Madrid are without Thibaut Courtois and Rodrygo for their La Liga clash against Barcelona connected Saturday evening.

Courtois played a afloat crippled earlier this week arsenic Madrid came from down to bushed Borussia Dortmund 5-2 successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night.

However, the 32-year-old goalkeeper has present been ruled retired of El Clasico astatine the Santiago Bernabeu owed to a hep injury.

‘Following tests carried retired connected our subordinate Thibaut Courtois by Real Madrid’s aesculapian services, helium has been diagnosed with an adductor wounded successful his near leg,’ Madrid said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

It’s understood that Courtois volition besides miss Madrid’s La Liga lucifer against Valencia connected November 2, arsenic good arsenic their Champions League necktie astatine location to AC Milan connected November 5.

Andriy Lunin volition deputise successful extremity for Courtois to marque his 3rd quality of the season.

Madrid volition besides beryllium without Rodrygo aft helium suffered a hamstring wounded successful the triumph implicit Dortmund.

‘Following the tests carried retired today… helium has been diagnosed with a musculus wounded successful the close femoral biceps,’ Madrid said successful a connection connected Thursday.

Ahead of the game, Barcelona beryllium apical of La Liga, 3 points wide of Madrid.

Hansi Flick’s broadside besides delivered an awesome show successful the Champions League arsenic they sealed a 4-1 triumph astatine location to Bayern Munich connected Wednesday, with Brazilian guardant Raphinha scoring a hat-trick.

Speaking up of the game, Carlo Ancelotti was asked astir the beardown commencement Barcelona person made to the run nether Flick.

‘Barcelona person a precise wide mode of playing and are doing a bully job,’ Ancelotti said.

‘They are a brave squad and we person to hole to play arsenic good arsenic we perchance can.

‘We’re preparing for the crippled truthful we’re capable to bash the close things with and without the ball. They mightiness property precocious and our beforehand enactment volition adapt, and the aforesaid goes for erstwhile they drop. You person to enactment successful a implicit show to triumph these games and we’ll effort and bash that.’

When asked astir Lamine Yamal, Ancelotti said: ‘He’s started his vocation successful spectacular fashion, I emotion the mode helium plays and his attitude.

‘He’s a unsafe subordinate but we can’t spend to absorption excessively overmuch connected that. We person to see the opposition’s quality, but archetypal and foremost we person to absorption connected what we’re doing.

‘We respect them due to the fact that they’re performing precise good and everyone has seen that. They’ve had a precise beardown commencement to the season.’

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