Real Madrid will be without the Spanish international for their quarter-final first leg as he will have to serve a one-match suspension after earning his second booking.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 destroy Bayer Leverkusen the week before.
The Portuguese international’s double salvo, combined with Gonzalo Higuain and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 strikes, ensured Madrid progress to the quarter-finals.
With Jose Mourinho unaffected by whom the Spanish giants will tackle among the final eight, the club have a serious problem in the shape of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup winner earned his second booking of the elite club competition and will have to serve a one-match ban in the first leg of the quarter-final fixtures.
Being the player who has appeared for the third highest time this season, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254’s absence from the Real Madrid first team can prove to be crucial.
However, Mourinho played down the absence of the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and believes that they will have no problem without Alonso.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325.
Mourinho categorically missed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251 from the list of substitutes, which goes on to show that the Turk has not really proven himself in the Santiago Bernabeu dressing room.
"I am not thinking about that. The most important thing is that we are through and now we have to wait," the former Chelsea man said while talking about possible opponents.
"There is no reason to cry because Xabi will not be able to play," he added.
"We are fine in the midfield, there will not be any problem because Lassana Diarra or Esteban Granero will play next to Sami Khedira."
After sensational performances in the UEFA Champions League group stage that saw them register a perfect record of six out of six wins, progress to the quarter-finals is another achievement unlocked by Jose Mourinho’s men on their path to European and Spanish
dominance this season.
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