On Wednesday, Real Madrid will face their toughest test so far in this season's Champions League – away to Liverpool. Carlo Ancelotti's team have already lost two of their league stage games in the competitions, and another loss could be very damaging to their hopes of a respective finish in the standings.
As things stand, Ancelotti will have to rely on new defender Raul Asencio for the match due to injuries to David Alaba, Eder Militao and Aurelien Tchouameni. However, the latter is pushing hard to be available for the trip to Merseyside, and AS Diary say that there is a growing confidence that he will be fit.
Tchouameni was expected to be out for a month when he injured his ankle against AC Milan earlier in November, but if he returns for the Liverpool match, it will only be 22 days. While it is good news for Real MadridThere is undoubtedly an increased risk of injury – although they can do little about it due to their defensive crisis.
