The La Liga giants were last in action on Wednesday when they defeated Osasuna 3-1 away from home, but the win came at the cost of an injury to David Alaba.
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Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that he has two injury worries ahead of the Champions League clash at Manchester City with David Alaba and Casemiro. The Los Blancos will travel to the Etihad stadium for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final match on Tuesday. The La Liga giants were last in action on Wednesday when they defeated Osasuna 3-1 away from home. However, the victory came at a cost as central defender David Alaba, who scored the opening goal was substituted because of an injury.
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Meanwhile Casemiro hasn’t played since the quarter-final second leg loss to chelsea at Santiago Bernabeu. The Brazilian was suspended for the match against Sevilla and then missed the Osasuna trip because of a muscle issue.
However, Ancelotti is much more optimistic about Casemiro’s return for the crucial clash in Manchester. Both players have been named in the matchday squad and have traveled with the team to Manchester. But a decision on whether they will take part will only be made after Monday evening’s training session. “We are going to decide after today’s training session,” Ancelotti said in his pre-match press conference.
“We had some doubts about David Alaba and Casemiro we will see them train today and we will decide. We have more doubts about Alaba than Casemiro but we will see. If he can’t play tomorrow he will definitely be ready for the second leg.”
Ancelotti was also asked what it will take to get past City. “Well, we have to play well. It’s going to be a very open tie,” he added.
“We’ll have to spend a lot of time on the pitch and there are very mixed feelings ahead of these games because on the one hand, we’re very happy because we’re very close to the Champions League final, which is the most important competition in the world but on the other hand, we’re facing a very tough opponent.
“We are used of course to this situation and these kind of opponents. Lately, we have had some tough matches, we’ve managed to beat teams who were considered to be favourites to win this competition and we’re ready for another tough opponent and we’ll try to do our best.”
