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Karim Benzema

is out at the last minute and will not play against Sevilla this Saturday (9:00 p.m.) at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium due to "muscle fatigue in the quadriceps of his left leg".

Benzema's second break after recovering from a muscle tear comes against Sevilla after the

inconvenience the striker felt in training on Friday at Real Madrid's sports city

.

Early this Saturday he underwent medical tests that ruled out muscle injury but doctors are invited to recommend Carlo Ancelotti not to force the player, with the risk of suffering an injury that would prevent him from playing in the World Cup in Qatar.

"After the tests carried out today on our player Karim Benzema by the Real Madrid Medical Services

, muscle fatigue has been detected in the quadriceps of his left leg. Evolution is pending,

" reads the medical report released by the club.

On September 7, Benzema

suffered a muscle tear in the semitendinosus and an overload in the right quadriceps that kept him off the pitch for almost a month

.

He returned on October 2 and has since played five games.

In the last two, the Spanish football classic and the visit to Elche, he had rediscovered himself with the goal.

The current Ballon d'Or joins the absences of midfielder

Dani Ceballos

, injured two weeks ago in the femoral biceps, and striker

Mariano Díaz

, also with physical problems.

In return, Belgian goalkeeper

Thibaut Courtois

returns to the squad after overcoming sciatica.

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