Real Madrid will be without five experienced defensive options when they take on Manchester City in the Champions League this week.
Real Madrid have been thrown into a spiralling defensive crisis for their Champions League trip to Manchester City with the news that a fifth defender has been ruled out with injury.
Rudiger may be a contender for the return leg, but Carlo Ancelotti is facing a reshuffled back line against City in the Champions League knockout play-off tie. A Real statement on Sunday read: "Following tests carried out today on our player Lucas Vázquez by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the hamstring of his left leg. He will not be included in the squad for the match in Manchester. Pending progress."
Federico Valverde could play as an emergency right-back in his place with 20-year-old Jacobo Ramon another option at the back.
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