Real Madrid confirmed that midfielder Dani Ceballos suffered muscle injury to the thigh in Copa del Rey on Wednesday night with Real Sociedad.
Madrid won the first foot clarity at San Sebastian with courtesy of a 19th minute goal by Endrick. Carlo Ancelotti’s team will now feel confident about progress in the final and possibly win what would only be their second Copa in the last decade.
But the first leg, despite the end of the victory, ended negatively. Ceballos collided with his knee with the former Madrid finish Takefusa Kubo in a stoppage time and looked at great pain as he left the stadium, later helping medical staff and unable to weight on his right foot.
But the knee is not the problem, it is a muscle issue on his other foot. The images of the collision underlined a possible excess of the left foot as he tried to attach his right foot around the ball.
Although it once looked as if it were a surplus in Bernabeu’s demands, as proof of two -year spending with Arsenal, Ceballos has established himself as an important member of the team. The 29 -year -old would not necessarily be a first choice, but it is a rotation key option.
With Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde both out of the middle level at various times to help spread the defense, injuries to Eduardo Camavinga and Luka Modric’s limitations, Ceballos has pulled 30 appearances in all of these races, 16 Beginner.
Madrid I have not offered a timetable for his recovery but AS He has said that it could be “at least” two months before Ceballos returns to the stadium, possibly a huge blow to the club.
The player may not return until the end of April in the earliest, lacking games in La Liga, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey at a crucial stage of the season.
