Miguel Gutiérrez another casualty for Ancelotti due to covid

Carlo Ancelotti does not have left backs to face the cup duel since Marcelo is suspended and Mendy injured

Miguel Gutiérrez, during the League match against Mallorca this season

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01/02/2022 22:44Updated 02/01/2022 22:45

A Carlo Ancelotti problems are piling up ahead of the quarter-final match of the Copa del Rey against Athletic next Thursday in San Mames (9:30 p.m., Telecinco and DAZN). Today it has been known that the youth squad Miguel Gutierrez is on sick leave due to covid and adds to the absences of Mendy due to injury and Marcelo by sanction for the butler duel.

The Italian coach has several players between cottons and also the Brazilians Casemiro, Vinicius and Rodrygo They will arrive from the commitments of their selection with little room to rest. Valverde is practically ruled out.

The absence of Miguel Gutierrez by coronavirus revealed by the newspaper ABC Ancelotti is obliged to resort to Nacho or David Alaba to occupy the position of left back. The other option, more remote, is that the Italian bets on Bale, something quite unlikely because the Welshman has not played since August with the Madrid and he has never played as a lane since he arrived at Chamartín in 2013.