As if someone cursed Real Madrid – while the results are slowly but surely getting better, the list of injured players gets longer and longer. After David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Camavinga, and Vinicius Junior, Ferland Mendy was forced to leave earlier the pitch against Girona due to muscle injury and will be absent (at least) until the end of the year, according to the Spanish media.🚨 Ferland Mendy out for 3 weeks. He will return in 2025. @GuillermoRai_ pic.twitter.com/uAL3hGEfca— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) December 8, 2024 Therefore, the Frenchman will undoubtedly miss Madrid’s clashes with Atalanta in the Champions League and Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, as well as the grand final of the FIFA Club World Cup, scheduled for December 18. This is Mendy’s 14th injury since he arrived at Santiago Bernabeu five and a half years ago, and the 29-year-old is expected to be replaced by Fran Garcia in the starting lineup.Mbappe finally breaks the curse, but unplayable Jude suffers injuryAmong the bunch of bad news, Carlo Ancelotti luckily received one good – the knock Jude Bellingham suffered against the Catalan side last night is not too severe, and the Englishman will shortly be back on the pitch.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 17Friday Celta – Mallorca 2-0 (1-0)/Alvarez 32, Aspas 82/Saturday Las Palmas – Valladolid 2-1 (1-1)/Ramirez 20,64 – Andre 45/Betis – Barcelona 2-2 (0-1)/Lo Celso 68 pen, Diao 90+4 – Lewandowski 39, Torres 83/Valencia – Rayo Vallecano 0-1 (0-1)/Ciss 7/Girona – Real Madrid 0-3 (0-1)/Bellingham 36, Guler 55, Mbappe 62/Sunday Leganes – Sociedad 0-3 (0-1)/Mendez 14, Barrenetxea 78, Oyarzabal 90+2/Ath.Bilbao – Villarreal 2-0 (1-0)/Paredes 15, Williams I. 69/20.30: (2.10) Osasuna (3.30) Alaves (3.70)23.00: (1.40) Atl.Madrid (4.60) Sevilla (8.00)Monday 23.00: (1.85) Getafe (3.25) Espanyol (5.50)***odds are subject to change***
