Real Madrid drew 1-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk and secured qualification to the last 16 of the Champions League two weeks before the end of the group stage.
Antonio Rudiger avoided the loss of “Los Blancos” with the goal scored in extra minutes (the first for him with Real in the Champions League), during which he suffered a serious head injury after colliding with the opposing goalkeeper.
After 20 stitches in his eyebrow, the German defender appeared smiling on social networks, where he wrote: “I’m alive”. Coach Carlo Ancelotti also spoke about his injury.
“It looked like a serious injury, but luckily everything is fine. Rudiger has suffered a large tear in his eyebrow, but the situation is not serious. He scored a very important goal for us.
At first, he did not understand the condition of the injury and wanted to return to the field, but he had lost a lot of blood. Fortunately, it is not a serious injury”, declared the Italian technician.
Meanwhile, the Spanish media write that Rudiger has no bone problems and has a chance to play in El Clasico against Barcelona (October 16), a challenge in which he can go down to the field with a mask on his face.
