Bad news for Real Madrid. Los Blancos drew against Villarreal on Wednesday but they’ve also lost two key players for the next fixtures: Marcelo and Casemiro. Maybe these are the two positions where Zidane doesn’t have an easy replacement, so he will have to come up with a solution.
Casemiro already missed the game against Villarreal because he suffered a hit on Sunday with Espanyol. The Brazilian was substituted at Cornellà and he had test early this week. Apparently, it was only a hit, so he should be fit to play in Las Palmas. However, new medical test revealed he suffered a fissure in the fibula, so he will be out of the pitch for a month.
The Brazilian stopper will miss the games against Las Palmas, Borussia Dortmund, Eibar and then the international fixtures. Then, it will be hard for him to come back against Betis and he should be back again with Athletic. It will be a hard month without the only stopper Zinedine Zidane has.
Mateo Kovacic was Casemiro’s replacement when he was out. However, the Croatian midfielder has more offensive skills and Toni Kroos might play more defensively when Casemiro is out. There are two difficult games against Las Palmas and Borussia Dortmund where Real Madrid will be tested.
Besides, Zidane cannot count with Marcelo, also injured against Villarreal. The Brazilian left back suffered an injury in the calf muscle and he should be out only two weeks. Carvajal, Danilo or Nacho will cover this position as a left back because Fabio Coentrao is still injured.
These two injuries are very important for Real Madrid, maybe more than Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale. It will be harder to replace both Brazilian because their position are not covered in the squad. However, players like Kovacic, Kroos, Carvajal or Nacho should adapt their performance to the team needs.
Comment:so sad for us especially against Dortmund. Ders no other lyk casemiro. Get well soon our only Madrid “wall”