Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal Faces ACL Surgery After Villarreal Clash: Critical Update on the Top RB

Real Madrid won 2-0 on Sunday in La Liga over Villarreal. In the 14th minute, Federico Valverde scored; then, in the 73rd minute, Vinicius Junior scored. Real Madrid clearly showed great performance, with 56% possession and 11 shots. Along with Barcelona, Real Madrid comes second in the rankings thanks to this victory with 21 points. The triumph came at a price when defender Dani Carvajal was injured in the last minute of the game.

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Major update on Dani Carvajal’s season-ending injury against Villarreal

Following their 2-0 victory against Villarreal on Saturday, Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal has been diagnosed with a major knee injury. Along with a broken external collateral ligament and a burst popliteus tendon in his right leg, the club issued a statement attesting to Carvajal's rupture of his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

"Following tests carried out on our player Dani Carvajal by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, a rupture of the external collateral ligament and a rupture of the popliteus tendon in his right leg. He will undergo surgery in the coming days," the statement read (via ESPN).

Carvajal struck Villarreal's Yeremy Pino in the final seconds of the game at Santiago Bernabéu. He dropped to the ground clearly in pain and needed to be hauled off the pitch crying. The defender thereafter turned to social media to transmit a message saying:

“Serious cruciate ligament injury confirmed. I’ll have to undergo surgery and be off the field for a few months. Looking forward to starting the recovery process and coming back like an animal.”

Carlo Ancelotti addressed the matter about Dani Carvajal in his post-match news conference, therefore verifying that the Spanish defender had a major injury.

 "Vazquez gives us a lot of confidence".

"During this international break we have time to talk about this, taking into account that the market is closed and there are not many options".

“Dani Carvajal has suffered a serious knee injury. We’re all very sad”.

The Euro 2024 winner Carvajal is the most recent addition to Real Madrid's already long list of players out with major injuries since the start of last season. Former winger Lucas Vázquez, who had been the team's backup right-back, was replaced.

Carvajal adds to his colleagues David Alaba, Thibaut Courtois, Brahim Díaz, Dani Ceballos, and rising star Joan Martínez currently on the injured list. Once Los Blancos starts playing after the international break, the defender is expected to missthe rest of the season.