Injury to a pillar of the royal team disrupts Xabi Alonso’s plans
A Spanish press report revealed a state of tension prevailing in the corridors of “Real Madrid” hours before their highly anticipated match against “Atletico Madrid” in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup. The reason for this tension is the absence of German defender “Antonio Rudiger” from the team’s final training, which raises serious doubts about his participation in the crucial derby.
It is worth mentioning that the Spanish Super Cup events are exclusively broadcast via the “Thamania” application, the exclusive broadcaster of the Saudi Roshan League.
According to the Spanish newspaper “Marca”, the royal team conducted its final training near the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in preparation for Thursday’s match, but “Rudiger” was absent from group training due to knee pain, which prompted the team’s technical and medical staff to deal with his condition with great caution.
The report explained that the German defender went to the medical staff at the beginning of the training session and only performed individual exercises in the hope that he would be able to catch up with the match.
Although “Trent Alexander-Arnold” also trained separately, the technical staff’s focus is on the condition of “Rudiger” as he is one of the main pillars of the back line.
The potential absence of “Rudiger” will be a severe blow to coach Xabi Alonso, who may find himself forced to play the second derby this season with only two central defenders in the team’s squad, which is a very dangerous situation in a match that does not accept surprises or risks.
