Respectively affected in a thigh and adductors, Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois will not make the trip to Morocco with Real Madrid, at least not immediately to play the semi-final of the Club World Cup against the Egyptians of Al Ahly, Wednesday (8 p.m.) in Rabat. The two players were not retained in the Madrid group.
Carlo Ancelotti has already rested his striker this weekend, hoping to recover him in time for the continental tournament. But he will still have to wait, the Ballon d’Or 2022 injured against Valencia (2-0), last weekend, was clearly not delivered. For his part, the Belgian goalkeeper was injured during the warm-up on Sunday before the defeat in Mallorca (0-1).
Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Eden Hazard and Lucas Vazquez, also victims of physical problems, do not appear in the merengue group either. If they win against Al Ahly, Real will face the winner of the other half between the Brazilians of Flamengo and the Saudis of Al-Hilal, next Saturday in the final, with perhaps Benzema and Courtois back by then.
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