Marcelo suffers a muscle injury in the left adductor, which will make him miss the last days of LaLiga Santander. Real Madrid has published the medical report on its website, which, as always, leaves the player's status “pending evolutionHowever, it will be lost around two or three weeks of competition, as confirmed by Doctor González, AS doctor.
If recovery continues, yes could be for the second round of the Champions League return against Manchester City on August 7. He would even have a few days to train with his teammates, in the run-up to the return of the maximum continental competition. It would come, then, shot for the tie against the Guardiola team.
It is the fourth injury of the season for Marcelo, all of them muscular. He has played 23 games so far this campaign, with a total of 1,854 minutes. He has been a participant in white successes, with two goals and seven assists. Now, Zidane loses him for duels against Alavés, Granada, Villarreal and Leganés. Mendy will assume as only left side from the squad the decisive days in the battle for LaLiga.