MADRID: Last weekend Real Madrid assumed the leadership of the Spanish First Division for the first time this season but injury worries against today's visitors Racing Santander could put them back among the chasing pack.
Central to the European and world club champions' problems is the fact that illness and injury has robbed them of every first team specialist in the middle of their back four.
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