MADRID (AP) – Eden Hazard is out of real Madrid’s Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk due to a right thigh injury.
The club did not say after Monday’s reviews how long it would be offside, but similar injuries require a few weeks of recovery.
The Belgian player was injured in the house’s loss to Alavés in the Spanish league on Saturday, making just his fifth season outing after extra injury problems.
Technician Zinedine Zidane will also not have the injured captain Sergio Ramos.
The 13-time European champion will have to beat Shakhtar in Ukraine to secure his position in the circular of 16.
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