Daniel Opare explains why he never broke into Real Madrid first team

Former Ghana international Daniel Opare has revealed how a mistimed injury denied him a breakthrough at Real Madrid.

Opare joined the Spanish giants in 2008 from AshantiGold SC after impressing at the 2007 FIFA U17 World Cup.

He soon trained with the first team during a shortage at right-back and was in line to feature.

"There were a lot of red cards and then injuries in the Madrid team. So I started training with the first team a long time ago," he told Joy Sports.

His chance appeared imminent after he trained with the group set to play. But 48 hours before the match, he suffered a serious injury in training.

"When that opportunity came, I thought, 'okay, this is it' because looking at that week, I was training with the team that was going to play the match," he said.

"I was about to cross the line, and with the speed at which I crossed the ball and was landing, I twisted my ankle, but I didn't have pain in my ankle.

"I rather broke my metatarsal. I suffered a fracture. There was nothing I could do, and the only option was to undergo surgery."

Opare spent two years at Madrid but never made a senior appearance, with the injury ending his immediate hopes of breaking into the first team.

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