Real Madrid's Eder Militao suffered a muscle injury in the 21st minute of the league match against Celta de Vigo. The injury occurred during a defensive action where he collapsed after a race with Pablo Durán, feeling pain in the back of his left thigh, which forced him to be substituted by Antonio Rüdiger.
In a defensive lapse by Real Madrid, Pablo Durán made a run to face a one-on-one with Thibaut Courtois.
Ahead of the Champions League match on Wednesday against Manchester City, Huijsen is the only defender with a chance of returning after an overload that has kept him out of the team for four matches.
In an effort to prevent it with a quick run, Militao was injured and exacerbated the plague of defensive injuries that Xabi Alonso is suffering.
The Basque coach cannot count on Dani Carvajal, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen, David Alaba, and Ferland Mendy for the match against Celta due to injuries.
To all of them is added Militao, who had to leave the field limping, helped by two physiotherapists to reach the locker room.
In the coming hours, Real Madrid will perform a magnetic resonance to accurately determine the severity of the Brazilian central defender's muscle injury.
