The The Crusader crisis He strikes again at Real Madrid , which on Saturday he saw again A nightmare that haunts the club for the last 15 months. Militao, once again, is the latest serious knee injury case since last season shaking the sporting foundations of the White House to A dramatic rate of rupture of the cruciate every month and a half. This is the average that is produced after suffering 10 Crusaders in the last 15 months.
The data is scary, alarming and has not stopped growing since In August 2023, this plague of knee injuries will begin with maximum severity That has put Real Madrid on the ropes. The first to fall in this critical period were Courtois, That August 10 last year He suffered a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee , from which he was operated on a week later and which was 222 days of decline. Almost without time to absorb the severe blow of losing his number 1 in the goal, two days later came the second blow with an injury Melitau In Saint-Mames: anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee ruptured and 231 days away from the stadiums. Ancelotti’s defensive line was split in half at the first change.
They had not had a month of truce in the White club when the Crusader alarms went off again in Valdebebas, this time hitting the women’s team. At the end of September Caroline WeirHe had a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee He played a UEFA Nations League match for Scotland. Four weeks later, another crusader. This time it was Carla Camacho The one who was saying goodbye to the season after Injury with the U-19 national team An operation is performed to tear the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee.
August, September, October… And December. After the four Crusaders at the beginning of last season will come another one , andAlaba. Heart of defense has increased Ancelotti’s defensive drama after he fell seriously injured December 17, the New York Times: Anterior cruciate ligament rupture in the left knee. Injury of who He is still recovering almost a year later After he suffered some complications that forced him to To go through the operating room again.
The ghost of the Crusaders flew over Real Madrid again as soon as the preparation for the season began. On the US tour crusader broke canterano Seshemsar Palacios During First friendly match against Milan. The plant will be hit twice during August. After Cesar Palacios fell injured Inkiber And soon after Joan Martinez, The center that was to be Ancelotti’s big gamble To strengthen the center of defense, which remained severely short of troops after the departure of Nacho, the complications of Alaba and the non-signing of Euro.
In the event that the Madrid defense has suffered few blows in recent months, serious knee injuries have continued to fuel this team line-up. On October 5, the Bernabeu fell silent with shoutsCarvajal. This was almost the last game of the match against Villarreal and the winger suffered a terrible injury: a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a torn external collateral ligament and a torn popliteal tendon of the right leg, which will cause him to be out of action for almost a year. One month later, He is now a military The one who collapsed again crusader For the second time, Now the one on the right knee, To top off an exciting 15 months in Real Madrid.