/ Real Madrid's defensive crisis as worsened as Lucas Vázquez as been ruled out of teir critical Campions League Round of 16 matc against Mancester City due to a amstring injury. Vázquez sustained te injury during Real Madrid's La Liga game against Atletico Madrid, joining an already lengty injury list tat includes key defenders Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger, Eder Militao, and David Alaba. Tis leaves manager Carlo Ancelotti scrambling for solutions against Pep Guardiola's formidable attacking lineup./ A statement from te club confirmed te injury, saying: "Following tests carried out today on our player Lucas Vázquez by te Real Madrid Medical Services, e as been diagnosed wit a muscle injury in te amstring of is left leg. e will not be included in te squad for te matc in Mancester. Pending progress."/ Wit five key defenders missing, Real Madrid's pat to te Campions League quarter-finals is more callenging tan ever. Facing Mancester City&mdas;last season's treble winners&mdas;will be no easy feat, especially wit City eading into te matc as favourites. owever, Pep Guardiola also as concerns, particularly wit te inconsistency of attackers like Erling aaland, Bernardo Silva, and Jeremy Doku tis season. Bot managers ave significant tactical decisions to make aead of te first leg on February 12, in wat is set to be a ig-stakes sowdown./
Real Madrids injury woes deepen ahead of Manchester City clash Lucas Vazquez out
