Real Madrid release Federico Valverde statement after damaging derby defeat in La Liga

By Matt Law | 21 Sep 2026 10:30, Last updated: 21 Sep 2026 10:32

Real Madrid person revealed that Federico Valverde suffered "a terrible trauma to his near ankle" during Sunday's Madrid derby against Atletico Madrid.

The midfielder picked up the wounded during a situation from Atletico's Lee Kang-in.

Valverde was capable to implicit the match, but the severity of the diagnosis has enactment his engagement for Uruguay during the planetary interruption successful doubt.

Diego Forlan's broadside volition look Japan and South Korea successful planetary friendlies earlier the extremity of the month, but it would present beryllium a astonishment if the Real Madrid midfielder was involved.

"Following the tests carried retired contiguous connected our subordinate Fede Valverde by the Real Madrid Medical Services, helium has been diagnosed with a terrible trauma to his near ankle, sustained during this afternoon's match. Valverde volition acquisition further tests successful the coming hours," work a statement.

Madrid derby: Valverde suffered ankle wounded against Atletico

The information that Valverde was capable to implicit the lucifer is simply a large positive, and helium is expected to beryllium disposable for the team's adjacent fixture against Villarreal connected October 10.

Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat successful the Madrid derby, with Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David connected the scoresheet for Atletico; Antonio Rudiger's precocious extremity for Los Blancos lone proved to beryllium a consolation.

Dean Huijsen was sent disconnected for Real Madrid aboriginal successful the 2nd half, but caput manager Jose Mourinho insisted successful his post-match property league that Kang-in should person been fixed a reddish paper for his tackle connected Valverde, successful summation to Cristian Romero for a situation connected Jude Bellingham.

"The communicative of the crippled is here," Mourinho said during his property league portion holding up the images of the 2 challenges. "They're 2 wide reddish cards. With the difficulties we had afterwards - with 11 versus 10 [players] - you could ideate what it would person been similar [for us] for 50 minutes with 11 versus nine.

"It's the CTA [the referee's committee]. It's each been precise strange. It's a referee [Ortiz Arias] who, astatine 41, doesn't person planetary experience. I don't cognize wherefore helium was the referee. The mediocre feline came present and couldn't header with the pressure.

"But for [the VAR] there's nary pressure, astatine [RFEF HQ] Las Rozas there's nary pressure. Or possibly determination is and we don't know. That operation - a mediocre referee, who's lone done tiny games, and a VAR with a large history. Congratulations to the CTA."

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Real Madrid volition beryllium bidding to instrumentality to winning ways successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they invited Villarreal to Bernabeu connected October 10.

Mourinho's broadside person present mislaid doubly successful the league this play and presently beryllium 4th successful the La Liga table, six points down the leaders Barcelona.