Kepa is missing from Real’s squad for the match against Valencia

Injured Kepa Arrizabalaga And Thibaut Courtois not included in the application Real Madrid for the 13th round match Examples against Valencia. Ukrainian Andrey Lunin is the only goalkeeper on the list with experience playing for the first team.

Along with Lunin, there are two young goalkeepers in the application – 19-year-old Diego Pinheiro (player of the Spanish U-18 and U-19 national teams) and 18-year-old Fran Gonzalez (main goalkeeper of Real U-19 in the UEFA Youth League). None of them have ever played for the first team of the capital club.

Let us remind you that on November 8, 29-year-old Kepa was injured during the warm-up before the Champions League match against Braga. According to the medical report, he will miss two to three weeks.

The Spanish and Belgian goalkeepers are not the only patients in the Madrid club’s infirmary. Defenders Eder Militao and Antonio Rudiger, as well as midfielders Aurelien Tchouameni, Dani Ceballos and Arda Guler, are also on the injured list.

In the mentioned match of the 4th round of the Champions League, Ukrainian Andrey Lunin came out instead of Arrizabalaga and performed brilliantly – he saved a penalty, after which he made two more saves and kept the goal intact. This match was Lunin’s third of the season and his second clean sheet.

Real Madrid won 3:0 and qualified early for the Champions League playoffs.

The match between Real Madrid and Valencia will take place on Saturday, November 11. Next, club football goes on an international pause, and by the match against Cadiz on November 26, Kepa, on loan from Chelsea, may already have time to recover.