Luka Modric will miss Real Madrid‘s Copa del Rey final against Osasuna with a thigh injury and is a doubt for their Champions League semifinal first leg with Manchester City, sources have told ESPN.
Modric, who played 63 minutes of Madrid’s surprise 4-2 LaLiga defeat to Girona on Tuesday, did not train with his teammates at the club’s Valdebebas training ground on Friday.
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“Following tests carried out on Luka Modric by the Real Madrid Medical Services, an injury to the back of his left thigh has been diagnosed,” the club said in a statement.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and forward Karim Benzema — who were both absent for Tuesday’s defeat — are now back in training, but Madrid are still waiting on injured defenders David Alaba and Ferland Mendy.
“[Modric] has a slight injury. We’re monitoring it,” coach Carlo Ancelotti said in a news conference on Friday. “I don’t know if he’ll be back for the cup final. We have to assess it. It hurts, but it can happen. Let’s hope he recovers.”
Ancelotti added: “We’ll probably have to replace both [the suspended Eder Militao and Modric] in the Champions League first leg. Militao, for sure. Let’s hope not Modric.”
