{"id":116511,"date":"2026-04-14T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/asencio-surprises-last-minute-absence-at-real-madrid-for-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:34:43","slug":"asencio-surprises-last-minute-absence-at-real-madrid-for-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/asencio-surprises-last-minute-absence-at-real-madrid-for-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Asencio Surprises: Last-Minute Absence at Real Madrid for Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surprising Absence of Ra\u00fal Asencio in Real Madrid&#8217;s Call-up<\/h2>\n\n\nMadrid &#8211; Ra\u00fal Asencio, central defender for Real Madrid, is the main new addition to the list of those called up for the crucial match against Bayern Munich, corresponding to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has decided to leave the player out, generating surprise among the fans.\n\nAsencio, who played the full 90 minutes in the recent LaLiga EA Sports match against Girona, has not been included among the 23 players selected by Arbeloa. The team faces the difficult task of overturning the tie, after losing 1-2 at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u stadium.\n\nSo far, no official medical report has been issued regarding Asencio. No apparent injury is known to justify his absence from the call-up for the trip to Munich.\n\nGood news for the team, as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Antonio R\u00fcdiger return to the squad after resting in the league match. Franco Mastantuono is also back, after serving his suspension for accumulation of cards.\n\nOn the other hand, Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni has not been included due to Mastantuono&#8217;s return. Thibaut Courtois and Rodrygo Goes remain out due to injury. In addition, Jes\u00fas Fortea, Manuel \u00c1ngel, and Daniel Y\u00e1\u00f1ez are also not part of the list compared to the match against Girona.\n\nThe complete list of those summoned is as follows:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Lunin, Fran Gonz\u00e1lez and Javi Navarro.<\/li><li><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Trent, Carreras, Fran Garc\u00eda, R\u00fcdiger, Mendy and Huijsen.<\/li><li><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Bellingham, Camavinga, Valverde, G\u00fcler, Ceballos and Thiago Pitarch.<\/li><li><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Vin\u00edcius, Mbapp\u00e9, Gonzalo, Brahim and Mastantuono.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprising Absence of Ra\u00fal Asencio in Real Madrid&#8217;s Call-up Madrid &#8211; Ra\u00fal Asencio, central defender for Real Madrid, is the main new addition to the list of those called up for the crucial match against Bayern Munich, corresponding to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has decided to leave the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[12514,611,4542,254],"class_list":{"0":"post-116511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-asencio","9":"tag-bayern","10":"tag-champions","11":"tag-real-madrid"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}