MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid will be without injured Kylian Mbappé for Sunday’s Clasico, potentially clinching a second consecutive title. Spanish league championship For Barcelona.
Mbappe, the league’s top scorer with 24 goals, was left out of Madrid’s squad after failing to recover from an injury. left hamstring disease As a result, he has been sidelined since late April.
mbappe last week dealt with a new wave of criticism Speaking about his time in Spain, he insisted he is fully committed to the club and his recovery from his recent injury. Some Madrid fans expressed concerns that the French forward was protecting himself for the upcoming World Cup.
Barcelona will host Madrid at the Camp Nou and have the opportunity to celebrate their La Liga title with a win or a draw against their fiercest rivals. Barcelona heads into the final Clasico of the season with an 11-point lead over Madrid with four matches remaining.
Madrid, playing mainly for pride and to avoid the humiliation of watching Barcelona celebrate at their expense, are reeling after an embarrassing week for Federico Valverde and Aurelien Choameni. Each will be fined 500,000 euros. Valverde was awarded $589,000 after he was sidelined with a head injury after he allegedly accidentally hit his head on a table during an altercation during practice.
This was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training last week. Alvaro Carreras has admitted that he was involved in a “minor” accident with a teammate. Spanish media reported that he and fellow defender Antonio Rudiger also got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa was promoted from Madrid’s reserve team when manager Xabi Alonso was sacked in January, but Madrid are now without a major trophy for the second year in a row amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Perez is considering bringing in manager Jose Mourinho to rebuild his underperforming side.
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