Real Madrid star forced to miss stretcher due to injury that could ruin season – Football News

Real Madrid have suffered a serious injury that could derail their season.

On Saturday afternoon, Madrid hosted Osasuna at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in a bid to close the gap on league leaders Barcelona.

Heading into the weekend, Hansi Flick’s men sit nine points clear at the top of La Liga after a good start to the 24/25 season.

However, Madrid suffered a quick setback when Rodrygo was forced off due to injury in the 20th minute and was replaced by Brahim Diaz.

Just 10 minutes after Rodrygo’s injury, Carlo Ancelotti had to make another change as defender Eder Militao was injured.

The injury appeared to be serious as he was eventually stretchered off and replaced by Raul Asencio.

Los Blancos will now be sweating over the severity of the injuries with important games against Leganes and Liverpool just around the corner.

Despite the double injury, Madrid took the lead in the 34th minute thanks to a great finish from Brazilian superstar Vinicius Junior. England’s Jude Bellingham doubled Madrid’s lead in the 42nd minute with a beautiful lob over the Osasuna goalkeeper.

Ancelotti is under slight pressure in Madrid following the recent 4-0 El Clasico defeat to Barcelona and the 3-1 Champions League defeat to AC Milan earlier this week.

In a recent speech, Ancelotti revealed the biggest mistake he made during his time as Madrid coach.

He said: “It is impossible to make only good decisions in thirty years.”

“For example, after my first year here in Madrid I had a bad contract. I was close to extending my contract, the club wanted to keep me, but I put too much pressure on me relative to my salary and they stopped.”

Ancelotti added: “It was a mistake, the worst one I could have made. But it allowed me to learn from it.”

When asked about dealing with big-name players, the Italian said: “Generally it is easiest to deal with the most important players. They may have a big ego, but that can be their motivation. It’s not a problem to have a big ego.” If you prove yourself on the court and behave well, your teammates will follow you and help.

“Last season’s team was the easiest to coach because the ego in the dressing room was low. The veterans Modric, Kroos, Carvajal, Nacho, they have no ego. They served as examples to all who saw them. From a relational perspective.” “It was great. No player complained about not playing.”