Real’s Rodriguez to have foot surgery
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REAL Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez will require surgery on a broken bone in his foot and is expected to be out for two months, the club confirmed yesterday.
“A fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his right foot has been detected. The player will have surgery in the following hours,” read a statement on the Real website.
Rodriguez scored the opener in Real’s 2-1 victory over Sevilla on Wednesday before going off injured.
Defender Sergio Ramos also had to be substituted with a hamstring problem and tests will take place to discover the extent of the injury.
With Pepe also injured and Marcelo suspended, coach Carlo Ancelotti faces a crisis in defense ahead of the crunch Madrid derby with Atletico tomorrow.
However, the Italian insisted he is confident that youngsters Raphael Varane and Nacho can handle the challenge posed by Diego Simeone’s men.
“Sergio had a hamstring problem, we need to wait a few days to evaluate it. James had a problem in his right foot, I don’t know exactly what but it is sure that they won’t be available,” Ancelotti said after the Sevilla match.
“I have confidence in the others. Nacho and (Raphael) Varane did very well, I have a lot of confidence in them.
“What we lose above all is experience, but sometimes enthusiasm is a good thing. The two of them (Varane and Nacho) give me a lot of confidence. Ramos and Pepe are among the best defenders in the world, but I am not worried.”
But the depleted Real squad will be boosted for the Atletico battle by the return of star striker Cristiano Ronaldo, back from a two-game ban, and his Portugal international teammate and utility man Fabio Coentrao.
“It is important to have Cristiano back. Without him we have won two games, but it is sure that he will help us in the derby,” Ancelotti said.
Real haven’t managed to beat Atletico in any of their five previous meetings this season and Ancelotti said that was greater motivation than the chance to all but end Los Rojiblancos title defense.
“I think it is important because the last games against Atletico weren’t good, so we have to change this bad run.
“It will be a very difficult game, but we want to do something different.
“The motivation is so big for this game being a Madrid derby we don’t need the motivation of leaving Atletico 10 points behind.”
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