It seems that the influential absences will be the title of the match between Manchester City and Real Madrid on Tuesday evening in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
And Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti announced - yesterday, Monday, at a press conference - that there are doubts about the participation of David Alaba and Casemiro in the match tonight.
Ancelotti said that "Casimiro's participation is more suspicious than Alaba's, and if he is not able to play tomorrow, he will be ready anyway for the return match."
Ancelotti added that a decision on their participation would not be made before the final training session.
It is noteworthy that the injured players Alaba and Casemiro were recently unable to participate in full training.
In the blue camp, doubts swirled around the participation of Kyle Walker and John Stones with Manchester City against Real Madrid.
Right back Walker missed City's last 3 games, while defender Stones sustained a bruised injury during the win over Brighton last Wednesday.
And in the event that the absence of the England duo is confirmed, City will suffer at the defense line tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Etihad Stadium, especially in the absence of defender Joao Cancelo, who is suspended.
“There are doubts about their participation, they did not train,” City coach Pep Guardiola said at a press conference on Monday.
He added, "Kyle has not trained for a week or 10 days, while John has not trained since the Brighton match."
"We have a training session, I don't know what will happen, but let's see how they feel, I will talk to them to see how they feel and make a decision," he explained.