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Real Madrid injury inferno continues - another defender out of Manchester City clash
Baku, February 4, AZERTAC
Real Madrid are facing another injury crisis in their backline, according to Football Espana.
After gradually being eased back into action over recent weeks, David Alaba has gone down with injury once again, following his lengthy recovery process from a serious knee injury. It could scarcely have come at a worse time for Carlo Ancelotti and Los Blancos.
The Austrian defender, 32, had been out for 13 months in total after two operations, addressing first his cruciate ligament and then his meniscus. However, MD report that he is now set to return to the sidelines for a further two to three weeks out of action. Alaba has suffered a hamstring issue in training, leaving Ancelotti short of resources.
This will without doubt keep him out of the line-up for their Copa del Rey quarter-final against Leganes on Wednesday, the Madrid derby with Atletico Madrid on Saturday, their first leg play-off clash with Manchester City the following Tuesday, and their trip to El Sadar to face Osasuna again in La Liga. Alaba is a serious doubt for their return leg at the Bernabeu against City, and their home clash against Girona the same week too.
