Real Madrid has been affected in recent weeks by a new outbreak of covid – 19 among several players of the squad and that has left the leader of the Spanish La Liga without several important players in the team.
This Wednesday David Alaba, Rodrygo, Gareth Bale, Davide Ancelotti were negative (technical assistant), Marcelo and Luka Modric.
Marcelo and Luka Modric had tested positive for covid – 19 last 15 before the match against Athletic Bilbao, so they could not be part of the squad. Real Madrid won 2-1 against Bilbao in San Mamés and remains the leader with eight points ahead of Sevilla with one more game.
Marcelo and Modric will be able to rejoin the team that is preparing to face Getafe on January 2 . Then they will play as a visitor on January 5 against Alcoyano in the Copa del Rey.
Despite the good news, there are still three players who are They keep away from the staff because they tested positive for covid – 19: Marco Asensio, Isco and Lunin .
The Madrid team will have Christmas holidays until next time 28 December, so the institution asked the players to take precautions for the PCR tests that will be carried out on the return to training.