Ronaldo and Benzema still out

Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema will miss Real Madrid’s league match on Saturday as they focus on recovering from injury to face Manchester City next week.

Real coach Zinedine Zidane confirmed his side will be without their two top scorers when they travel to play Real Sociedad on Saturday, just days before they host City in their Champions League semi-final second leg.

Zidane’s side need a win to stay in La Liga’s title race – they trail leaders Barcelona and second-placed Atletico Madrid by one point with three matches to go.

But both Ronaldo and Benzema are nursing injuries. Ronaldo missed the away leg at City and last weekend’s league match at Rayo Vallecano, while Benzema came off early in both of those matches because of a hamstring injury.

“I am worried because each time you have a player injured it is difficult,” Zidane said on Friday. 

“Now the most important thing is that they completely recover because we cannot …

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