Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Valencia - Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Madrid, Spain - February 14, 2021 Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane expressed his annoyance with his side's growing injury problems after a setback to defender Dani Carvajal in Sunday's 2-0 La Liga win over Valencia left him with eight stricken players at a crucial stage of the season.
Right back Carvajal was returning after more than a month out with a muscle injury but limped off in the 28th minute, heightening the shortages in defence after Marcelo was injured on Tuesday and Sergio Ramos had knee surgery the previous week.
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