UEFA Champions League
THREE KEY PLAYERS TO MISS REAL MADRID CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH WITH CSKA MOSCOW
Real Madrid will be without three of their regular players when they face CKSA Moscow in their second Champions League group tie this Tuesday.
According to the verified twitter handle of the club, Gareth Bale, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo are out of the 20-man list for the match.
Bale is out on account of an adductor muscle injury in this weekend’s Derbi Madrelino. Substituted at half time for Dani Ceballos, it is yet to be seen whether the former Tottenham missing this trip is just a precautionary move.
Ramos’ exclusion is slightly more mystifying, as the club captain didn’t look to be struggling at all on Saturday.
Likely a rotational policy due to the perceived weakness of their upcoming opponents, Los Blancos obviously think they can do without him.
Marcelo has been struggling to get back after suffering a calf strain at Sevilla, and it seems like this one has come a little too soon for him. An incredible overlapping wide outlet for Madrid, the influence of their Brazilian left back was missed against Atletico.
Isco is to sit out the trip as well, with the versatile attacker still recovering from appendicitis. While it was expected he would miss a reasonable portion after the onset of his illness, Real could’ve really done with his incisive runs for this encounter.