A painful blow for Real Madrid .. "The Royal" without a striker in front of Atletico
Real Madrid announced today that its player Mariano Diaz will miss the match against Atletico Madrid in Derby, the Spanish capital, next Sunday, in the summit matches of the twenty-sixth phase of the Spanish Football League.
Diaz was injured during the 1/1 draw of Real Madrid with its guest Real Sociedad on Monday, in the last stage of the competition, to be replaced during the meeting.
Thus, Real Madrid became without a striker in the difficult match, in light of the injury of the rest of the players, especially the Frenchman Karim Benzema.
Real clarified that Diaz, who has played 15 games so far this season, has suffered a pelvic injury.
A statement published by Real on its official website today: “After the tests that our player Mariano Diaz underwent, by the medical department at Real Madrid, he was diagnosed with a pelvic injury. His recovery process will continue in the coming period.”
Real did not specify a time frame for the absence of Diaz (27 years), but it is expected that he will be absent for two or three weeks.
In addition to the confrontation with Argentine coach Diego Simeone's team, Mariano Diaz will likely also miss the royal team's match with home to Elche on March 13th.
It is also not expected that Diaz will join Real's meeting with its Italian guest, Atalanta, in the second leg of the Champions League round of sixteen, on the 20th of this month.
Diaz's injury comes to double the suffering of Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid coach, before facing the leaders of the Spanish League, who are five points ahead of the white team, the third-placed team, and still has a postponed match as well.
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is racing to catch up with Atlético, after an injury caused him to be absent from the team in its last three matches, but it is not expected to participate.
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