Real Madrid confirmed that David Alaba will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury

The worst possible scenario was confirmed this Sunday after Real Madrid will announce that David Alaba will miss the remainder of this season due to a left knee injury suffered during the resounding victory achieved by the merengue team against Villarreal (4-1) in a match corresponding to matchday 17 of LaLiga.

The merengue team, which temporarily stormed to the top of the Spanish championship while waiting for what Girona does this Monday, which will play its matchday 17 match against Deportivo Alavés, loses another important piece in the defense after the injuries of Éder Militao and Dani Carvajal in addition to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois

After carrying out the relevant medical examinations on the Austrian player Real Madrid confirmed that David Alaba has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left kneeso he will have to undergo surgery in the next few days, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season.

David Alaba, one of the regulars in the center of the white defense along with the German Antonio Rüdiger, He was injured during the 33rd minute of the match that was played this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu. The defender of the merengue team was marking Gerard Moreno when he made a bad turn with his left knee. He quickly lay on the ground.

Alaba’s injury puts Real Madrid’s technical director, Carlo Ancelotti, on the ropes, who only has Rüdiger and Nacho Rodríguez as the only natural centre-backs for the remainder of the season, which is close to finishing the first half. The white coach can opt for the wild card of midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni, although it is not ruled out that they seek to sign a center back.

“I haven’t been able to talk to Alaba yet. He had a cruciate injury, it’s a shame and we are very sad about all this. He is another player who goes down. In my entire career it had never happened to me to have three players with torn cruciate ligaments in four months. Is incredible”Ancelotti acknowledged, referring to the injuries of the Austrian, Militao and Courtois.

“What we have to do as a team is what we have already done: hold on. We have done much more than everyone expected. “This team endures, fights, plays well and has extraordinary commitment and that is the only way to replace players who have had significant injuries.”the coach stated on how to deal with this new injury that Real Madrid is facing.

For his part, Lucas Vásquez also referred to the injury his teammate suffered and the sadness it generates within the group that David Alaba is going through this unfortunate situation that will leave him off the field for the remainder of the season.

“Alaba is very upset. It’s the big bad news we had today (Sunday). It is a complicated, very long injury. We are having very bad luck with these injuries lately. It’s difficult because David is an incredible guy, a top professional, so we are very sad, but we know that he is going to give everything to come back even better.”commented the Spanish player from the merengue team.

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