Marcelo and Angel Di Maria make the cut for Madrid derby as Falcao ruled out – La Liga News
Atletico Madrid fans have been jolted by the news that Radamel Falcao will not participate in the Madrid derby. Meanwhile, Real Madrid fans will welcome South American pair, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 and Angel di Maria, back into the first team squad.
Los Rojiblancos' bid to rid themselves of their derby woes received a set back as summer signing, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, was ruled out of the crunch La Liga fixture at Santiago Bernabéu.
The Columbian star has been unable to recover from his hamstring injury in time. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 striker injured himself in training with the national squad and had been working hard to be fit for the match.
Atleti manager, Gregorio Manzano, is unwilling to risk his star attacker and confirmed that he is not part of the 19-man squad that will take the pitch.
The Spanish capital’s second most popular club have a list of players unavailable for the tie. Out of contention for the match are Joel, Antonio Lopez, Silvio, and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tiago-c35032.
Madrid’s two big clubs are in contrasting situation at the moment. With several first team regulars ruled out for Atletico, Real Madrid welcome back Angel di Maria and Marcelo.
Real’s top assist provider this season, Di Maria, returns to regular duty after injuring himself in the thrashing of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CA-Osasuna-c38712 on November 6. Since then, Fide has missed games against Valencia and Dinamo Zagreb, as well as 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying
matches for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841.
On the other hand, Marcelo becomes available for selection after injuring himself against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863. The left-back had previously been unavailable after he was stretchered off against Villarreal on October 26.
The Brazilian international missed the UEFA Champions League tie against Dinamo Zagreb.
Marcelo will now look to return to full match fitness as the December 10 meeting with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-Carvalho-c30973.
Arbeloa came off the pitch against Valencia due to a hamstring contraction, while Kaka is ruled out with a concussion. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 international, Carvalho, is struggling to overcome lower back pain problems.
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