Real Madrid goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga suffers an injury to the adductor longus muscle in his right thigh

Real Madrid goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga will miss this Saturday’s match against Valencia due to the muscle injury he suffered in his right thigh last Wednesday during the warm-up prior to the match against Portuguese Sporting de Braga in the Champions League. “After the tests carried out on our player Kepa Arrizabalaga by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with an injury to the adductor longus muscle of the right thigh. Evolution is pending,” the Madrid team limited itself to communicating. The player on loan from Chelsea who arrived to replace Thibaut Courtois’ serious injury, did not play in the last game in the victory against SC Braga in the Champions League. The 29-year-old Basque had a total of 13 consecutive starts for the white club with 10 goals conceded and six clean sheets. In this way, what is certain is that the Ukrainian Andrey Lunin will be the starter this Saturday at the Bernabéu against Valencia, while the international break could favor Kepa’s recovery to try to shorten deadlines for the return of competitions. clubs that will be on November 26 during the visit to Cádiz.