Only Seven First Team Players Available For Real Madrid Training

Real Madrid have been left with only seven senior players to work with over the international window, and have confirmed Marcelo's knock.

By Robin Bairner

Real Madrid Training: Jose Mourinho & Mesut Özil (Getty)
The international break has hit Real Madrid hard, leaving Jose Mourinho with only seven members of his first team squad to work with during Friday’s training session.

With such a star-studded array of players in the first team panel, many are away on international duty, while los Blancos are suffering from a glut of early season injury problems, which were only added to as the club’s official website confirmed a slight ankle pain for Brazilian left-back Marcelo.

Pepe, Marcelo, Dudek, Pedro Leon, Adan, Esteban Granero and Mateos have trained over the course of the last week, with the Castilla side joining in the training sessions to bolster numbers.

On Friday, Mourinho, as well as second string coach Alejandro Menendez, first oversaw a possession game before the players worked on their shooting. Thereafter, the squad split into two groups, one playing a nine-on-nine match while the other worked on their crossing from wide areas.

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