JAKARTA - Real Madrid must receive unpleasant news. Their flagship captain and striker, Karim Benzema, must enter the treatment room.
Benzema is reported to have had a muscle problem. The French player was ruled out when Real Madrid hosted Sevilla, Sunday, October 22, early in the morning at 02.00 WIB.
"Following a medical test conducted today on Karim Benzema by Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with muscle fatigue in his left leg's front thigh," Real said in a statement on their official website on Saturday.
"The player's recovery will continue to be monitored," Madrid continued.
Benzema has scored six goals in 11 games in all competitions for Real this season and helped his team top LaLiga with 28 points after 10 games, three points ahead of second-placed Barcelona rivals.
Benzema on Monday won the 2022 Ballon d'Or and became the first French player to win the award since Zinedine Zidane in 1998.
Quoting Marca, Benzema won the Ballon d'Or this time with the second-largest difference in points in the award's history. Benzema only lost to Cristiano Ronaldo who won a landslide in 2016.
Benzema recorded a score of 549 points. In second place is Sadio Mane with 193 points.
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