The Spanish-Uruguayan striker Álvaro Rodríguez, son of the former champion player with Peñarol of the Copa Libertadores de América in 1982 and 1987, and who defends Real Madrid Castilla, subsidiary club of the merengues, will travel to Leipzig for Tuesday’s match at ‘now 16 for the Champions League, after the club made it official in the Uruguayan morning this Sunday and, in turn, will arrive in Montevideo on 5 December to join the Uruguayan U20 team to compete in the South American championship.
as reported Referee this Friday, the footballer He trained this Friday with the first merengue team.
Karim Benzema’s injury, which could not have been against Sevilla or Leipzig, left a place for the 17-year-old to enter the main squad for the first time.
Álvaro was on the bench against the Andalusians, but did not enter the game that they won 3-1 with a great goal from Federico Valverde in the 80th minute and it was the third consecutive goal he scored this week, and all from outside the area.
It should be noted that Valverde suffered a terrible kick from Argentinian Alejandro “Papu” Gómez at the end of the match in which he beat Sevilla 3-1 this Saturday.
On Friday, Álvaro Rodríguez trained for the first time with Federico Valverde and the main team of Real Madrid
As reported this Sunday Refereethe footballer has passed a medical examination that the club has done and has not been injured, although as a precaution he will not play on Tuesday against Leipzig in Germany for the Champions League and will return next Sunday against Girona for LaLiga in Spain.
Meanwhile, Álvaro Rodríguez decided last month to accept the invitation of the Uruguayan team to join the U20 squad, despite being called up by the Spanish team.
The Girona-born player has already had two calls for Spain under 18: in February he was called up for a friendly match with Denmark and in June he participated in the Mediterranean Games.
Álvaro, 1.93 tall, arrived in Madrid from Girona and in early August He renewed his contract with the Merengue Club until 2027 with a release clause of 50 million euros.. She is 17 and has dual nationality, Uruguayan and Spanish.
This Sunday, his father Daniel “Coquito” Rodríguez confirmed to the Punto Penal program on channel 10 that his son will arrive in Montevideo on December 5 to join the Uruguayan under 20 team led by Marcelo Broli, to play in the South American championship.
