Real Madrid forward Marco Asensio is set to sit out Saturday’s FIFA Club World Cup final against Al Ain.
The reigning European champions confirmed he had sustained a thigh injury on Friday morning.
The Spain international, who has performed below par this season and has not scored in La Liga since September, picked up the injury in Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Kashima Antlers in the semi-finals.
He came on as a substitute and then had to be replaced 14 minutes later.
‘After tests carried out on our player Marco Asensio by the medical staff, he has been diagnosed with a grade two injury in the quadriceps in his right leg,’ said a medical report from Real on Friday.
The report did not state for how long Asensio would be on the sidelines, although local media reported he would be out for around a month.
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