Varane Injured, Madrid in Defender Crisis

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hoogte/REX Shutterstock (4929880u) Raphael Varane of Real Madrid Real Madrid vs Tottenham Hotspur, Audi Cup Preseason Friendly Football Match, Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - 04 Aug 2015

Raphael Varane

DBasia.news – Real Madrid are in crisis for defensive players. Los Blancos lost their center-back, Raphael Varane, who got injured in his right foot muscle.

The injury forced Varane who brought France to win the 2018 World Cup to take a rest at least for a month. Thus, the 25-year-old player added the list of Madrid injured defenders.

So far, Varane always becomes the first option. Since the beginning of this season, he played in 12 matches of all competitions.

Before Varane injured, Madrid already lost their right-back Dani Carvajal and unable to play for the upcoming matches.

The condition of left-back, Marcelo, is also unstable after the injury during El Clasico at Camp Nou.

In that Barcelona home match, Marcelo got sidelined at 82′ due to thigh injury. The Brasilian player scored the only goal for Madrid who got 1-5 defeat.

Currently, Madrid are in the 9th rank of LaLiga standing with 14 points from 10 matches. They got left 7 points from Barca the leader.