{"id":964,"date":"2025-04-29T22:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2025-04-29T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:07:59","slug":"from-red-card-to-recovery-rudiger-set-for-two-months-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/from-red-card-to-recovery-rudiger-set-for-two-months-out\/","title":{"rendered":"From red card to recovery: Rudiger set for two months out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-32-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid confirmed on Tuesday that Antonio Rudiger has undergone successful surgery on a partial tear to the external meniscus in his left knee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation, performed by Dr Manuel Leyes and overseen by the club&#8217;s medical team, took place on Monday, with the German defender now beginning his rehabilitation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rudiger is expected to be out of action for nearly two months, dealing a blow to Madrid&#8217;s defensive ranks at a critical stage of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timing comes just two days after the 32-year-old was dismissed in the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, where he received a straight red card in the closing minutes of Los Blancos&#8217; 3-2 defeat for throwing an object onto the pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club have not specified a detailed recovery timeline, but recovery from a partial meniscectomy often allows a return to full training within four to six weeks, depending on the player&#8217;s response to rehabilitation. In his case, Madrid are likely to proceed with caution given his importance to the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since joining from Chelsea in 2022, Rudiger has become a key figure in Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s back line. His absence will leave a noticeable gap in Madrid&#8217;s defensive setup during a crucial run of fixtures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/match\/real-madrid\/celta\/20256471\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid confirmed on Tuesday that Antonio Rudiger h [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","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\/964","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=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":966,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}