Real Madrid’s French center forward Karim Benzema, injured in the calf of his left leg, will miss the Clasico against FC Barcelona on LaLiga matchday 29, his coach Carlo Ancelotti announced at a press conference on Saturday.
Ancelotti also confirmed that neither Benzema nor Ferland Mendy, also injured, will join the French national team to play two friendlies next week, against the Ivory Coast (March 25 in Marseille) and South Africa (March 29 in Lille). .
France coach Didier Deschamps has called up veteran AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud (35) to replace Benzema for these two games.
Benzema and Mendy were injured in Real Madrid’s last league match, last Monday in the victory against Mallorca (3-0).
Benzema’s loss is a serious blow for Ancelotti, who thus loses the leader of the league’s scorers table with 22 goals, far from the 14 of the second, his teammate Vinicius.
However, facing the fight for the league title, the situation is less worrying, since Real Madrid has an advantage of 10 points over the second, Sevilla, and 15 over FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, third and fourth before the day this weekend. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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