{"id":724,"date":"2025-02-26T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2025-02-26T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:29:01","slug":"courtois-and-valverde-set-to-miss-copa-del-rey-clash-with-real-sociedad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/courtois-and-valverde-set-to-miss-copa-del-rey-clash-with-real-sociedad\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtois and Valverde set to miss Copa del Rey clash with Real Sociedad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-43.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-43-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-43-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has made the strategic decision to rest both Thibaut Courtois and Federico Valverde for the upcoming Copa del Rey semi-final against Real Sociedad, prioritising player welfare amidst a congested fixture list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid are preparing to face Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey semi-final without two key players, Thibaut Courtois and Federico Valverde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision by coach Carlo Ancelotti is part of the club&#8217;s efforts to avoid further physical problems at this crucial stage of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valverde has accumulated 3,387 minutes in 40 games this season and Ancelotti has decided to manage the Uruguayan&#8217;s workload by leaving him out of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The midfielder&#8217;s absence gives Ancelotti the opportunity to rotate his squad and give minutes to other options in Los Blancos&#8217; midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Courtois&#8217; absence serves a dual purpose as it allows the Belgian to recover and gives Andriy Lunin the opportunity to get game time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither player is expected to travel to San Sebastian for the match, highlighting Madrid&#8217;s commitment to their fitness management strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/match\/real-sociedad\/real-madrid\/2025266067\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has made the strate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724","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\/724","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=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}