MADRID, 18 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The winger Dani Carvajal and the midfielder Luka Modric are the two main casualties for Real Madrid to face Villarreal this Thursday (9:00 p.m.) in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, in a call-up in which the injured Lucas Vázquez are not present either , Aurelien Tchouameni and David Alaba, but it does have the Brazilian Vinicius Tobias as a great novelty.
Although without an official medical report, the Leganés winger, who trained this Wednesday in the gym, will not be at La Cerámica due to physical problems, as the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, acknowledged at the press conference prior to the duel.
The Italian will not be able to count on Lucas Vázquez in the right wing either, due to a sprained right ankle after being injured in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup against Valencia. Thus, with Álvaro Odriozola returning from injury, the time could come for the Brazilian side of Castilla Vinicius Tobias, who makes his debut in a call-up for the white first team.
Neither did the injured Alaba and Tchouameni train this Wednesday in Valdebebas, who, together with Lucas Vázquez, continue with their recovery processes. In addition, Modric, who did exercise with his teammates, will not travel to the city of Castellón with the aim of recovering the best physical version of him. “His condition is not optimal, but little by little he will contribute this season,” Ancelotti confessed at a press conference.
Thus, the list is made up of goalkeepers Courtois, Lunin and Luis López; the defenders Militao, Vallejo, Nacho, Odriozola, Rüdiger, Mendy and Vinicius Tobias; Kroos, Camavinga, Valverde, Ceballos and Mario Martín, as midfielders; and the strikers Hazard, Benzema, Asensio, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Mariano.