Carlo Ancelotti’s last few games at Real Madrid have not been easy due to the plague of injuries affecting the Italian coach. For the match against Mallorca, he had up to twelve players out, which was reduced to ten against Sevilla. The infirmary is full, and now a new problem in the form of another injury has been added to the list for the last game of the season against Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Jude Bellingham will not be in the match that will close the league season for Real Madrid. The English midfielder received his fifth yellow card at the Sánchez Pizjuán in the 65th minute of the match. Busquets Ferrer booked him after a jump in a play on the edge of the Sevilla area. The card carries a suspension, so the Englishman, who is awaiting shoulder surgery, joins the list of absentees.
A list of absentees that is expected to grow ahead of Saturday’s game at 4:15 p.m. In principle, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Rüdiger, Alaba, Mendy, Camavinga, and Bellingham are definitely out. The injured players who could return, although no one will be rushed back with the Club World Cup in mind, are Vinicius, Rodrygo, Brahim, Asencio, and Endrick, who was taken off with an injury in the match against Sevilla.
Bellingham: “The Club World Cup is the team’s dream”
After the match against Sevilla, his last of the season, Bellingham took stock of a season in which all eyes are now on the World Cup. The Englishman said it is his team’s “dream” “after a poor season.” “The World Cup is important, it’s another title we hope to win. It’s the dream of the team, of the club, and it’s important for us after a poor season,“ he said in Spanish on Real Madrid TV.
On the win against Sevilla, in which he was one of the goalscorers, he said, ”It wasn’t a very important game, but we need to improve in the last two games. I’m happy with the win, but sad because we wanted to fight for titles in the last few games,” he lamented. “It was a very good move by the two young players and I was there to score an easy goal,” he added.
He did not want to end his interview without praising his fellow goalscorer at the Sánchez Pizjuán, Kylian Mbappé, saying that “he’s incredible. He’s a very good player and a very good person. It’s great to have him at our club. I hope he stays for many years.”