<figure id="attachment_3295822" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3295822" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3295822" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ac8a04f1-rodrygo-goes.jpg" alt="Rodrygo Goes" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3295822" class="wp-caption-text">Rodrygo had only just returned to action for Real Madrid after a month out with tendonitis. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
MADRID: Real Madrid said Tuesday their winger Rodrygo Goes has suffered a severe knee injury which will keep him out of the World Cup with Brazil this summer.
&#8220;Following the tests carried out today on our player Rodrygo by Real Madrid&#8217;s medical services, he has been diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and a tear of the lateral meniscus in his right leg,&#8221; said Los Blancos in a statement.
Rodrygo appeared as a substitute in Madrid&#8217;s 1-0 home La Liga defeat by Getafe on Monday, where he sustained the injury.
The 25-year-old stayed on the pitch but tests revealed the severity of his injury on Tuesday.
Rodrygo had only just returned to action after a month out with tendonitis.
&#8220;One of the worst days of my life, how much I always feared this injury&#8230; maybe life has been a bit cruel to me lately,&#8221; Rodrygo wrote on Instagram later Tuesday.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I deserve this, but what do I have to complain about? How many wonderful things have I already experienced that I also didn&#8217;t deserve.&#8221;
The winger said his &#8220;dream&#8221; of competing at the World Cup this summer was over.
&#8220;A major obstacle has arisen in my life, in my career, one that keeps me from doing what I love most for a while,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;I&#8217;m out for the rest of the season with my club and out of the World Cup with my country, a dream which everyone knows how much it means to me. And all that&#8217;s left is for me to be strong as always.&#8221;
Carlo Ancelotti, formerly Rodrygo&#8217;s coach at Real Madrid, will not be able to call on the forward for record five-time winners Brazil&#8217;s bid to secure a sixth World Cup trophy this summer in the United States.
Real Madrid will also miss the forward, particularly with French forward Kylian Mbappe currently sidelined because of a knee sprain.
Alvaro Arbeloa only has three fit attackers available, in Vinicius Junior, Gonzalo Garcia and Franco Mastantuono, ahead of next week&#8217;s Champions League last 16 clash against Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu.

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