Carlo Ancelotti confirms fitness problems for Real Madrid pair after win over Mallorca | OneFootball

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that two leading members of his squad suffered injury setbacks during the club’s meeting with RCD Mallorca.

The pair in question? Federico Valverde and Jude Bellingham.

Midfielders Valverde and Bellingham both featured from the off this evening, as Real Madrid booked their spot in the Spanish Super Cup finale.

This came by way of a 3-0 downing of the aforementioned Mallorca.

En route to as much, Fede Valverde, for one, was hooked from proceedings prematurely, during the 2nd-half.

Midfield partner Bellingham then pulled up with what appeared to be a muscular problem late on, giving rise to fears of a potential injury for the Englishman.

Speaking to the media on the back of the full-time whistle, the subject of both players’ wellbeing was in turn quickly put to boss Carlo Ancelotti.

And, as per the reliable Guillermo Rai of The Athletic, Real Madrid’s headmaster went on to admit that Valverde and Bellingham having picked up respective adductor problems.

Conor Laird – GSFN