Karim Benzema will not play tonight at the Santiago Bernabeu against Sevilla. The French striker entered the squad yesterday, Friday, but has fallen off the list due to a muscular problem. The club’s medical report states that “after the tests carried out today on our player Karim Benzema, muscle fatigue has been detected in the quadriceps of his left leg. Evolution pending.”
Benzema’s injury prevents him from completing a dream week. On Monday he received the Ballon d’Or, the first of his career, and on Wednesday he was named the man of the match in Elche-Real Madrid, in which he scored a goal.
According to club sources, it is most likely that the striker will also miss Tuesday’s Champions League match on Tuesday in Germany against Leipzig and reappear next Sunday against Girona at the Bernabeu.
Benzema was already injured on September 7 in Glasgow in Real Madrid’s debut in the Champions League against Celtic. Close to turning 35, Madrid are very aware that they have to dose Benzema more despite being the only center forward in the squad that Ancelotti trusts. The other is Mariano, who has also not entered the list due to physical problems. To replace Benzema in the call, Madrid called the youthful Álvaro, another Catalan striker, this one born in Palamós in 2004.
For tonight, it is most likely that the center forward will be Rodrygo, with Valverde and Vinícius as wingers. Another solution would be for him to play Asensio as a false nine, but when the Balearic has played there he has not done as well as Rodrygo.
The last of the solutions would be for Eden Hazard to play, but the Belgian has not played for a long time due to poor performance. That he played tonight would be a major surprise. At first, and as a substitute for Benzema, Ancelotti tried it out for nine, but the experiment did not work.
