Real Madrid Covid Outbreak: Carlo Ancelotti gets further sad news as key-player DAVID ALABA turns out to be Covid Positive, check out details- Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he is struggling to find the best formation to accommodate the players he has available to face Athletic Bilbao away on Wednesday in the middle of a COVID-19 outbreak, with summer signing David Alaba being the latest to be included in Real Madrid’s long list of Covid infected players. For more sports news and updates, follow us at Insidesport.IN
Official Announcement.#RealMadrid
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Many key Players including the likes of Luka Modric, Rodrygo, Marco Asensio and David Alaba have tested positive for the virus, positive tests of squad players like Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Andriy Lunin and Isco further limits the Italians options.
🚨| Alaba, Isco, *Modric, Marcelo, Bale, Asensio, Rodrygo, Lunin and Davide Ancelotti are out due to COVID.
Carvajal and Ceballos are injured.
Casemiro is suspended.@AranchaMOBILE [🎖]
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Ancelotti also won’t have two other key players in Bilbao on Wednesday with defender Dani Carvajal being injured, while midfielder Casemiro is suspended after five yellow-card bookings.
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“It’s true that we are missing a lot of players and maybe we will have to consider a change in the system… I don’t know… I’m thinking about it,” Carlo Ancelotti told a press-conference on Tuesday.
“The system that we currently play with (4-3-3) has given us a lot in recent games. But we don’t have a right winger available, and that’s the only thing that could make me change it to a 4-4-2. I have to wait for the night.”
Real Madrid’s momentum – a 10-game winning streak in all competitions – ended with a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to lowly Cadiz on Sunday.
They are now six points clear of second-placed Sevilla, who have a game in hand and host struggling Barcelona on Tuesday. On a brighter note for Real, Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard played well last Sunday in his first game as a starter since September.
“He has been training well for a month, with intensity and rhythm. If I put him on again on Wednesday, I don’t think there’s a risk of more physical problems. The player is fine.”
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Real Madrid Covid Outbreak: Carlo Ancelotti gets further sad news as key-player DAVID ALABA turns out to be Covid Positive, check out details-
