Real Madrid experienced a rather improbable 45 minutes on Saturday afternoon against Osasuna. The Madrid club, in crisis after being swept away (4-0) in the Clasico and dominated (3-1) by AC Milan on Tuesday in the Champions League, on the one hand took off in the first period against the team of Pamplona, leading 2-0 at the break in front of their supporters. But on the other hand, there were three injuries, which forced Carlo Ancelotti to make early changes.
Kylian Mbappé, lined up in the Merengues starting eleven, stood out thanks to Vinicius and Jude Bellingham. The Brazilian, a disappointed candidate for the Ballon d'Or this year, opened the scoring (34th) and the Englishman allowed his team to take the break (42nd) shortly before half-time.
But before that, the Madrilenians saw two of theirs leave the pitch due to injury. First touchdown: the Brazilian Rodrygo. The striker gave way in the 20th minute to Brahim Diaz. Ten minutes later, Carlo Ancelotti had to make a second change. Hit in the right knee, defender Eder Militao was forced to be taken out on a stretcher. Raul Asencio took his place immediately.
Wasn't that enough? A third Madrilenian was injured in this first period (39th), in the person of Lucas Vazquez. The captain had to come out for a few seconds to be treated on the sidelines, visibly injured in the right thigh. But if he first resumed his position as right side, where the usual holder Dani Carvajal is already injured in the right knee, he ended up giving way to Luka Modric at the break, Valverde settling on the side of defense.
Real Madrid is also already deprived of its starting goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, its French midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni and even the Austrian defender David Alaba.
