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#2 Injuries put a dampener on a promising night
"A pimple on his leg which means he cannot lift his sock."
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The night began with probably the most bizarre cause to an injury this season, as Zidane revealed that Marco Asensio would miss the game due to a freak shaving accident causing an infected pimple on his leg. Married to the fact that Karim Benzema was also out injured, Zidane would have been hoping that his side would come through unharmed, but that was not to be.
The first half began with Madrid players falling like flies as Marcelo and Casemiro spent time nursing a couple of knocks. The saddest sight of the night however, belonged to Mateo Kovacic, who looked completely distraught as a rare start was disrupted with a worrying injury.
The Croat has looked a player reborn in the few minutes afforded to him this season, and one hopes that his injury is nothing more than a small niggle.
