Mystery as Real Madrid name ineligible player in Champions League squad to face Man City
REAL MADRID manager Carlo Ancelotti has named Aurelien Tchouameni in his travelling squad to face Manchester City – despite the midfielder being suspended.
Los Blancos will travel to England this week to face Pep Guardiola’s side in the Champions League quarter-final second leg.
Nothing separates the two teams following last week’s thrilling 3-3 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu.
But Ancelotti has a huge decision to make with Tchouameni unavailable to play.
The Frenchman has jumped from midfield to defence in recent months due to Real Madrid‘s injury issues.
But now either Nacho Fernandez or Eder Militao will likely step into the position.
Tchouameni was hit with the suspension last week after receiving his third yellow card of the Champions League campaign.
He was not expected to travel to Manchester this week as a result.
However, the 24-year-old has been named in Ancelotti’s 22-man squad for Wednesday’s fixture.
Real Madrid were disqualified from the Copa del Rey back in 2015 for fielding an ineligible player.
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Denis Cheryshev played and scored for the La Liga giants against Cadiz in the round-of-32 when he should have been serving a one-match suspension.
Los Blancos launched two appeals over the incident but lost both, meaning they were kicked out of the competition.
Ancelotti will be desperate to avoid making a similar mistake this week.
Speaking after his side’s 1-0 win over Mallorca at the weekend, the Italian claimed: “We are not going to win the game [vs Manchester City] through fitness, but through attitude. City are physically very strong.”