The days before Club World Cup
Six days before the Club World Cup, Benzema and Militao are injured. Red alert in the bowels of the Santiago Bernabéu, where they are currently examining both to elucidate a first diagnosis. As for the central defender, everything happened in the 35th minute: he collided with Lino after a run on the wing and both fell to the ground. At first, it seemed the consequence of a hard blow, nothing more. But after Lino got up… Militao didn’t. The doctors rushed to the grass and quickly began to palpate his right adductor, where he indicated he felt a pinprick. They did not hesitate: change.
The defensive line has big problems
Carvajal and Militao entered, under their own power, but limping noticeably , headed for the changing room. It is his second injury of the season ( he was already substituted, during the break, in Glasgow ; then he was only out for a little over a week), but this one sets off the reddest possible alarms. Because Madrid debuts in the Club World Cup in six days: on Wednesday , February 8, they will face Al Ahly or the Seattle Sounders, in the semifinals of the tournament. The presence of Militao, at this time of night, is an absolute unknown. But there is one thing confirmed: he will not be against Mallorca.