I can’t believe there’s another game tomorrow; the schedule is frenetic! It’s like a marathon! As is usual before game days, there’s not much news about the team, since the training sessions are closed to the public.
But we do know that Sergio Canales was not called up for tomorrow’s game against Espanyol. He injured himself in yesterday’s training session – as he was controlling the ball with his chest, he turned and his right ankle gave way. He’ll have further medical tests today, but at first glance it looks like he’ll be out two to three weeks, which means he’ll miss the next four jornadas in the Liga and the next Champions League game. He might also miss the U-21 Euro playoff, in early October. However, he will be back in time when Madrid takes on his former team Racing.
Update: the MRI shows that Sergio C. has a sprained right ankle, and he’ll be out for three weeks. At the hospital yesterday, he said the ankle wasn’t swollen, but that he was in a lot of pain. ¡Pobrecito!
And now some other, random news:
Peter Lion headed to Cibeles yesterday, unfortunately not for a celebration, but because it was the ending point for the Vuelta de España cycling race, in which his brother Luis León was participating. Louis Lion finished tenth overall.
And Marca had an article about the pandillas that have formed inside the locker room of Real Madrid, and most of them appear to be formed around a common language/nationality. The three Portugueses hang out with the two Brazilians, the Spaniards (A-team, Peter Lion and el Pirata) are another group, and the same goes for the two Frenchmen, and the two Germans.
But there is also another group, called the pandilla de parchís, which is made up of two players who kill time during the concentraciones by playing digital parchís. This one might surprise you. Anyone want to guess who the two players are? I’ll update the post with the answer tomorrow!
The answer is: Sergio Canales and Ángel di María. For those of you wondering what parchís is, look here. Digital just means they play the game on a computer rather than on a board.
Oh, and also according to Marca, Mou went through ten sticks of gum during the Real Sociedad game.