Additional penalty for Real Madrid player Rodrigo before facing Benfica

Real Madrid’s Spanish coach, Alvaro Arbeloa, has been suffering from a large number of injuries in his team since the beginning of his mission with the team, and while he seeks to prove his worth for the position, in the Champions League qualifying match against Benfica, he will also face the problem of suspensions, as Rodrigo Goes and Raul Asensio will be absent from the team’s ranks in Lisbon.
The first leg will be held at Estadio de Luz on Tuesday, February 17, while the return match will take place 8 days later at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Real Madrid will be without its player Raul Asensio, who was sent off and received two warnings due to the violations he committed, which resulted in his absence from the first leg.
The European Football Association also issued fines amounting to 40,000 euros, and sent a warning to Benfica coach Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid coach Arbeloa due to the delay in the players taking to the field and starting the match.
As for the Brazilian Rodrigo Goes, he was scheduled to miss the first leg in Lisbon after being sent off, as the Real Madrid striker received two yellow cards in stoppage time for objecting to the decision to disallow a goal for Real Madrid due to a foul on goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin, who scored the winning goal in the end. However, according to what the Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported, the European Football Association imposed a suspension penalty for an additional match due to “using obscene and offensive language towards the referees,” which means his absence. About the return match as well.
He will join Jude Bellingham on the list of absentees, after it was confirmed that the English midfielder will be absent for a month after suffering a ruptured hamstring. But the good news for Arbeloa is that Real Madrid expects the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rudiger, and Ferland Mendy during the next two weeks, which will alleviate their defensive struggles, while Eder Militao will continue his recovery, but Arbeloa can rely on Dean Huysen and Rudiger, who are two of the most prominent centre-back duos. He has.