Difficult return from the World Cup for Aurélien Tchouaméni.
Holder in the defeat of Real Madrid on Sunday at Villarreal (1-2), the French midfielder came out injured on the hour mark. This Monday, the Spanish club published a press release to announce the results of the medical examinations: l ex-Bordeaux suffers from a left calf injury.
No downtime has been announced by Real but the local press talks about three weeks away from the pitch for Tchouaméni.
A blow for the club of Karim Benzema, which begins like all the greats of Europe a period of matches every three days, starting with the Supercup of Spain, disputed this week in Saudi Arabia.
After the World Cup final lost to Argentina (3-3 ap, 4-2 tab), Aurélien Tchouaméni had benefited from ten days of rest before resuming training on December 29.
Entering the game the next day in La Liga against Valladolid (2-0), the midfielder had played half in the King's Cup against Cacereño (1-0) on January 3.
Being three weeks off, Tchouaméni will miss shocks against Valencia, Villarreal, Real Sociedad or Athletic Bilbao.