The pressure is mounting and bad news is accumulating in Madrid a few days before the reception of PSG in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
This Thursday, the German Toni Kroos injured his hamstrings in training according to two Spanish radio stations, Cadena Cope and esRadio.
The midfielder will undergo additional examinations this Friday to determine the severity of the injury but his presence against the Parisians already seems to be compromised.
For Carlo Ancelotti, the puzzle begins.
Because the Real Madrid coach is already deprived of two indisputable holders: Casemiro and Ferland Mendy, suspended after receiving a warning during the first leg, lost at the Parc des Princes on February 15 (1-0).
With the additional absence of Toni Kroos, it's a bit like PSG having to negotiate this meeting without Marco Verratti, Leandro Paredes and Nuno Mendes.
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And the solutions are not legion in Real, which suffers from the lack of contribution from its bench this season.
With two less midfielders, who will accompany Luka Modric in this sector?
Uruguayan Fede Valverde is almost guaranteed a start.
He can naturally replace Kroos or Casemiro.
Third place?
It should be for Eduardo Camavinga, Isco or Dani Ceballos.
There is also another uncertainty in the left-back position in the absence of Ferland Mendy.
But Nacho Fernandez should be chosen by Ancelotti to help out in this position in order to leave the Austrian David Alaba in the axis of the defense.
The solution could have been called Marcelo.
But the 33-year-old Madrid legend has nothing to do with his great years.
The Brazilian has only played 550 minutes in Real's 38 official games this season…
The people of Madrid play Saturday night (9 p.m.) against Real Sociedad at home in their last game before the clash.
At the same time as the PSG which moves to Nice.
Real Madrid's potential eleven:
Courtois - Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Nacho - Modric, Valverde, Camavinga (or Isco) - Asensio (or Lucas Vazquez), Benzema, Vinicius.