Overview

• Club medical tests confirmed a soleus injury in Carvajal’s right leg that will sideline him for four to five weeks after he exited the derby in the 59th minute.
• Trent Alexander‑Arnold, the squad’s other natural right‑back, remains out with a left hamstring injury and is facing roughly six weeks of recovery.
• Éder Militão sustained a heavy contusion to his left ankle with no lesion detected and is expected to need two to three days to recover due to reduced mobility.
• Real Madrid train in Valdebebas before flying on Sunday to Kazakhstan for Tuesday’s Champions League match at Kairat Almaty, with Castilla right‑back David Jiménez called into the squad.
• Following the 5–2 loss at Atlético, Xabi Alonso said the team is in a construction phase and lacked intensity and rhythm, while Carvajal publicly accepted responsibility.