French international striker Karim Benzema suffers from an injury to his right thigh during Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory over Celtic on Tuesday in the Champions League, according to what the Royal Club announced.
Real said in a statement, “After the tests that were conducted for our player Karim Benzema, a semi-tendinous muscle injury was diagnosed to a pressure in the quadriceps muscle in the right leg,” without specifying the duration of the absence of the “roosters” striker, who is doubtful about joining his country at the end of September. This September.
According to Spanish media, Benzema is expected to be absent for a period of two to three weeks, while the sports newspaper “AS” expected that he would be ready to play the capital’s derby against arch-neighbour, Atlético, on Sunday, the 18th of this month, in “La Liga”.
On the other hand, the newspaper “Marca”, the most popular in Spain, expected the French’s absence from his team’s match against Mallorca in the league, and the European merit against Leipzig in the main continental competition, in addition to the derby and finally the international window with his country’s team.
The newspaper pointed out that Benzema hopes to return to the green rectangle on the second of October against Osasuna in the league.
Benzema was seen limping during the match against Celtic on Tuesday in the 26th minute and tried to complete the game, but he was eventually forced to leave the field 4 minutes after being injured, to be replaced by Belgian Eden Hazard.