Real Madrid have a one-goal deficit to reverse when they travel to Barcelona for the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Wednesday night.
Los Blancos went down 1-0 to the Blaugrana in the first leg on March 2, with an Eder Militao own goal separating that instalment of El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu.
However, Carlo Ancelotti's men were in a merciless mood in a 6-0 thumping of Real Valladolid in Sunday's La Liga battle, and either Athletic Bilbao or Osasuna will await the aggregate victors in the final of Spain's premier cup tournament.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up Real Madrid's latest injury and suspension news ahead of their showdown with Barcelona, who thumped Elche 4-0 at the weekend to remain 12 points clear of Los Blancos at the top of the La Liga table.
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Status: Out
Type of injury: Calf
Possible return date: Unknown
Just after bouncing back from a serious hamstring problem, left-back Ferland Mendy was sidelined once again with a calf injury sustained in training, and the Frenchman will not be available for El Clasico.
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Status: Major doubt
Type of injury: Knee
Possible return date: April 5 (vs. Barcelona)
Antonio Rudiger was a notable absentee from the squad to face Real Valladolid, and it subsequently emerged that the centre-back was suffering from discomfort to his knee, which will need further assessment on Monday as Ancelotti sweats over his fitness - the Blancos coach does not believe that the issue is anything serious, though.
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Status: Major doubt
Type of injury: Unspecified
Possible return date: April 5 (vs. Barcelona)
Mariano Diaz was not part of Real's squad for their win over Valladolid due to an unspecified complaint, but the out-of-favour striker would have never started this semi-final anyway.
REAL MADRID'S SUSPENSION LIST
Real have no players suspended for this match, with Nacho Fernandez back from the one-game ban that he served at the weekend, while Vinicius Junior has picked up three yellow cards in the Copa del Rey so far this term but is also available, as all cautions were wiped at the end of the quarter-finals.
Ben Knapton
