Real Madrid’s Injury Woes Escalate As Brahim Diaz Is Removed From Starting Lineup Due to Illness

Real Madrid’s Injury Woes Escalate As Brahim Diaz Is Removed From Starting Lineup Due to Illness

Byron Pillay
updated at February 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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  • Real Madrid have been hit with numerous injury concerns over the past few weeks
  • Brahim Diaz was in the starting lineup for the game against Cadiz but had to be replaced
  • Rodrygo scored two goals and provided an assist after being called up to replace Diaz

Real Madrid can’t seem to catch a break.

The La Liga side are without a number of players due to injury and have lost the services of another star ahead of their upcoming game.

Brahim Diaz celebrating for Real Madrid.
Brahim Diaz had to be withdrawn before the game against Cadiz. Image: DAX Images.
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Los Blancos took on Cadiz today (Saturday, November 26) in La Liga but had to adjust their team just before kickoff.

Before the game, the club took to social media to announce that Diaz dropped out of the matchday squad because of intestinal issues.

He was replaced by Rodrygo Goes, another player who was an injury concern coming into the game. As noted by Tribuna, the Brazilian suffered an injury while on international duty and had to undergo tests.

Rodrygo steals the show

Despite being called up as a last-minute replacement, Rodrygo stole the show with his performance for Madrid. The Brazilian scored two beautiful goals and provided an assist for Jude Bellingham as Madrid won the game 3-0.

Madrid's mounting injury concerns

Going into the La Liga fixture, Madrid had as many as seven players unavailable due to injury, This does not include Diaz, who was a late withdrawal.

Sports Mole noted that Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Arda Guler, Aurelien Tchouameni, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Eduardo Camavinga and Vinicius Junior were all unavailable for the game.

Luka Modric, who did start the game, was substituted in the second half, with reports indicating that he picked up an injury. The extent of his injury is unknown as yet.

Camavinga injured during training

As Sports Brief has previously reported, Real Madrid have a new injury concern to stress over in the coming weeks.

Camavinga had to leave the French team’s camp with a potential knee injury after colliding with Dembele in training.

Arda Guler, Thibaut Courtois, and Eder Militao are just some of the other Los Blancos stars who are currently injured.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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