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Benzema ruled out of Madrid derby
Karim Benzema will have to sit out Sunday’s derby, Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has announced.
The France international came off with a knee injury in Madrid’s Champions League win at Celtic earlier this month and has not featured since.
Ancelotti previously said Benzema could be fit for the derby with Atletico Madrid this weekend, but also noted caution at the time by saying if he did not recover, he would also not be available for the upcoming international break.
With Benzema absent from Didier Deschamps’ squad announcement for Les Bleus this week, it seemed unlikely he would feature at the Wanda Metropolitano, which Ancelotti confirmed at his press conference on Saturday, saying: “I’m not saying [who will play up front], Benzema won’t be there.
“He has started working individually and will be ready after the [international] break.”
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