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Six injured in Real Madrid after the World Cup qualifiers 

Six injured in Real Madrid after the World Cup qualifiers

18.10.2012

The medical staff of the Spanish football champions Real (Madrid) will be highly involved in the coming days, after six players of the composition returned with injuries after the national team duty of their country.

The worst situation is of the left defender Marcelo, who received a fractured instep of the foot during training in Brazil and will be absent from the pitch until at least the end of the year. Another left defender Fabio Koentrao will be sidelined for a month after receiving a muscle strain in the defeat of Portugal from Russia in Moscow with 0:1 in World Cup qualifier on Friday.

With injuries in the Real camp returned more Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema, Alvaro Arbeloa and Sami Khedira. The attacker Higuain complained of pain in the ankle after the victory of Argentina with 2:1 win over Chile. The midfielder Khedira got injured on the left thigh with a 6:1 success of Germany against Ireland. Another striker Benzema has a problem with his left knee in the match of France against Spain in Madrid. At the same meeting, which ended 1:1, the final defender Arbeloa did gain
muscle injury.

"The things look pretty dark right now. The problem is that only within a week three of our defenders are injured.I'm sure the coach will find a solution," said the experienced midfielder Xavi Alonso. Real accept the novice Celta (Vigo) in the league match on Saturday.

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