{"id":1585,"date":"2025-09-17T18:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:14:21","slug":"real-madrid-await-tests-after-alexander-arnolds-hamstring-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/real-madrid-await-tests-after-alexander-arnolds-hamstring-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid await tests after Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s hamstring scare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-24.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-24-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-24-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid face an anxious wait over Trent Alexander-Arnold after the defender suffered a hamstring injury during Tuesday&#8217;s Champions League clash with Olympique Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 26-year-old was forced off with discomfort in his left leg and is expected to undergo medical tests on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manager Xabi Alonso moved quickly to calm fears of a lengthy absence, offering a cautiously optimistic update after the match. &#8220;It&#8217;s not as bad as we thought, but we have to wait,&#8221; he told reporters in his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander-Arnold has already established himself as a key figure at Madrid since his arrival, providing defensive assurance while adding creativity from wide and central positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any spell on the sidelines, however, would be a blow to Alonso&#8217;s plans as Real Madrid continue to balance domestic and European commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coming days will be crucial in determining the severity of the injury, with Madridistas hoping the Wednesday tests confirm only a minor setback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid face an anxious wait over Trent Alexander-A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1587,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}