MADRID, 24 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric will not travel to Leipzig on Monday to play the Champions League group stage match against the German team, after the merengue club announced his “last minute withdrawal”.
“Luka Modric will not play the match between Real Madrid and Leipzig, corresponding to matchday 5 of the Champions Group Stage, which takes place tomorrow at the RB Arena. The Croatian was among those called up by Ancelotti for this match, but it is low last minute and does not travel with the team to Leipzig”, announced the Madrid entity in a statement.
Without advancing the reason for the Croatian’s absence in the Champions League match, the player joins the former Ballon d’Or players Karim Benzema, who already missed the league duel against Sevilla, and the Uruguayan Fede Valverde, who He received a strong blow in the final moments of the match against Seville, without an official report.
Thus, the Real Madrid players Castilla Arribas, Dotor and Álvaro were the main novelties on Carlo Ancelotti’s list for a fifth day of the Champions League with homework done on the whites, since they are qualified for the round of 16 mathematically in Group F, although they will want to be first.
