Karim Benzema is out, injured in the left leg Sunday in the draw between Real Madrid and Elche (2-2) and this, three weeks before the shock against PSG in the Champions League.
Good news for Paris? In the 58th minute of the match of the 22nd day of La Liga, the Madrid striker came off the pitch touching the back of his left leg and was replaced by Serbian center forward Luka Jovic shortly before the hour mark game, while the score was 1-0 for Elche at the Santiago-Bernabeu.
Spared Thursday in the round of 16 of the King’s Cup in Elche, Karim Benzema, fourth in the last Ballon d’Or, was on a good series of seven goals scored in his last seven matches in all competitions.
As the C1 round of 16 looms against PSG, Real Madrid, recent winners of the Spanish Super Cup, will tremble for the next few days and hope that this injury is only slight.
The sequence of meetings and in particular the trip to Saudi Arabia for this Supercup may have played in the organization of the international tricolor. Real Madrid will not play again before February 3 in the Copa del Rey against Bilbao. The merengue staff will surely take the opportunity to rest their captain as much as possible.