MADRID: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will miss Sunday’s Clasico against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu after suffering a calf injury, coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed.

Benzema was absent from Real’s Saturday training session in Madrid and will concentrate over the next two weeks on getting fit for next month’s Champions League quarter-final matches against Chelsea.

“Benzema is still hurting and can’t play on Sunday. He won’t travel with France next week and will recover in Madrid,” Ancelotti told a news conference on Saturday.

Published in Dawn, March 20th, 2022