French midfielder Aurelien Chuamini and Austrian defender David Alaba will be absent from Real Madrid’s ranks in the Spanish Super Cup football competition this week in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. but the Madrid newspaper AS referred to three or four weeks.
Two players were involved in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Villarreal in the sixteenth stage of the league, and the Frenchman was substituted almost an hour later, with the Austrian playing the entire match.
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti did not name any of them on the list that will go to Riyadh.
Real Madrid, the league champions, will face cup runners-up Valencia in the first semi-final on Wednesday, while Real Betis, the cup champions, will face league runners-up Barcelona. on Thursday and the final on Sunday with all matches played at the King Fahd Stadium.
This will be the third time the Super Cup has been hosted in the Kingdom, under an agreement that will last until 2029, which will see the Spanish Federation receive €30 million ($30.1 million) per season.
Notably, the first edition of the tournament was held in Jeddah at the beginning of 2020 and was crowned by Real Madrid, but the following year it was held in Seville due to the effects of the Corona virus pandemic and the title went to Athletic Bilbao. before he returned in early 2022 to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, specifically Riyadh, and became Real Madrid champions by beating Bilbao 2-0 in the final.
