Real and Barca suffer injury scares ahead of 'El Clasico'

Matt Morley 6 years ago 11k
Ronaldo and Alba both trained alone. BeSoccer

The minds of both Real Madrid and Barcelona are firmly fixed on Saturday's crunch derby clash between the pair, though they suffered scares on Wednesday as key players from both sides missed training ahead of the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo was missing from the Real Madrid session, whilst Jordi Alba was conspiciously absent for Barca.

It is understood that Ronaldo did train, but alone, away from the group.

It was a similary story for Barca and Alba, with the left-back working according to an indiviual program rather than being put through his paces with the rest of the squad.

With just three days to go until one of the most eagerly-anticipated games of the season, both players will be looking to fight their way back to fitness ready to line up and defend their club's honour on Saturday.

Should either player miss out, it would be a huge blow for both the player and club involved, but also for the neutral.

Alba provides much of Barca's width down the left following the departure of Neymar, whilst Ronaldo gives Real a focal point to their attack.

This one is not to be missed.

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