Pain in ankle
Benzema, to the infirmary. Eighth time. What was runrún yesterday, is already a sentence: “Ankle discomfort” . That is all that is known at this time of the state of the Frenchman, who on Wednesday surprised by not jumping onto the pitch and today, 48 hours behind Espanyol, he has once again stayed in the gym . Not well; something happens. And although the club calms down with his state facing Liverpool (next Wednesday; 9:00 p.m.), he is practically ruled out for this Saturday. There is only one bullet left: that he will train tomorrow and feel perfectly. He is remote. In fact, he doesn’t want to risk it, so at the slightest hint of possible relapse, he wouldn’t play:Next week, in addition to the Champions League, is the Clásico.
Last injury was muscle fatigue
But they returned in the form of the much talked about “muscle fatigue”. It was in the Sevilla preview, when he was absent in training and the medical report wrote those two words. He did not play against Sampaoli ‘s men ( 3-1 ), nor did he travel to Leipzig ( 3-2 ) and he was out against Girona ( 1-1 ). Seven games without Karim, who played 26 minutes – very light – against Celtic. To disappear again in the last games before the World Cup: Vallecas and Cádiz. He traveled to Qatar and cracked , injured and returned to Spain (that way). So what was pointed out was quadriceps of the left leg . Then, three more: he left injured against Valencia (missing Son Moix and the Mundialito semis ) and a few weeks ago, he was not in Pamplona . The reason for these absences, officially and informally, is unknown. “Inconvenience”.