Real Madrid have a question mark before their upcoming championship league match with Manchester City with the star player, Kylian Mbappe, coming under the list of doubtful players. The French striker has not participated in the last team training before Wednesday in the clash leaving his fitness into question.
Mbappe has been playing with an injury sustained in Sunday’s defeat in the La Liga against Celta Vigo and in that match, he played the entire 90 minutes having sustained a muscular issue. To add to his misfortunes, he also broke a finger in the process of that game. Madrid assured that Mbappe will take exams on Tuesday to know whether he will be fit to play against City.
The time of the injury is also very concerning to Los Blancos, which has been failing in the recent weeks. The team has not scored in the past four games and has scored a single win out of their past five matches in La Liga.
To make the situation in Madrid even worse, an array of defensive absentees awaits City. Éder Militao, David Alaba, Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal and Ferland Mendy are all out of the game, as well as midfielder Eduardo Camavinga. The coach Xabi Alonso is under serious pressure due to these absences and it is reported that the City match can determine his future at the club.
Attack by Real Madrid is heavily dependent on Mbappe, and the likelihood of having to go against one of the strongest teams in Europe without him is an uphill task. In the games that have the champions league at stake, everyone will be eager to witness the outcome of his fitness tests on Tuesday as Los Blancos aim to eliminate another poor performance in their quest of winning the European crown.
