What’s Going Wrong? Seven Players Suffer ACL Injuries in 14 Months, Setting Off Alarms at Real Madrid Club

Although Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory against Villarreal in the latest La Liga match, the team paid a heavy price as Carvajal suffered a severe knee ligament tear.

According to AS newspaper, “The White Army” is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of ligament injuries. In the past 14 months, seven players have suffered from torn ligaments.

This series of injuries began on August 10th last year when goalkeeper Courtois went down with an ACL tear. Just three days later, central defender Militao met a similar fate. By December, David Alaba became another victim, and his injury was even more serious. Coach Ancelotti expressed shock, stating that he had never seen such frequent ACL injuries in his coaching career.

The misfortune did not spare the core members of the senior team alone. Real Madrid’s young talents also fell victim to it. Mesonero and Cesar Palacios, two of the most promising stars in the club’s youth academy, both suffered ACL tears. Even Juan Martinez, hailed as the “new Ramos,” could not escape this fate, suffering a similar injury.

These continuous injury cases have raised questions about whether there might be oversights in Real Madrid’s player injury prevention and health management. Is it due to excessive training intensity? Or are there issues with the team’s facilities or nutritional support? These are questions that the Real Madrid management must seriously address and find answers to, in order to curb this trend as soon as possible and ensure the health of the players and the long-term development of the team.