{"id":351375,"date":"2011-03-30T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-could-miss-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham-after-suffering-thigh-injury\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T22:35:00","slug":"real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-could-miss-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham-after-suffering-thigh-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-could-miss-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham-after-suffering-thigh-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could miss Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering thigh injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Mar 2011 23:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.019230769231\">\n<div readability=\"12.156424581006\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karim Benzema - Prancis (Panoramic)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/542c7468127143_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Karim Benzema &#8211; Prancis (Panoramic)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"26.793103448276\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/8261\/karim-benzema\">Karim Benzema<\/a> could be a doubt for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> clash with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> after suffering a thigh injury on international duty with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/france\/17\/france\">France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish media have been suggesting that the injury could be serious enough to side-line the 23-year-old former Lyon striker for the league fixture with Sporting Gijon, as well as the clash with Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>However, France coach Laurent Blanc suggested after the game that Benzema\u2019s injury was not serious, even though the striker was forced off with 15 minutes of the game remaining against Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He felt a little pinch in his thigh,\u201d Blanc revealed.<\/p>\n<p>After a tough start to his career in Madrid, Benzema has begun to show the goal-scoring ability he displayed at Lyon, with eight goals in his last five games for Jose Mourinho\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid are already short of attacking options as Gonzalo Higuain is out with a long term back injury, with Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor drafted in on loan during the January transfer window, so Benzema\u2019s injury could harm Real\u2019s chances against a Tottenham side that have impressed in their first Champions League campaign.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/542c7468127143_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/03\/30\/2418705\/real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-could-miss-champions\" title=\"Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could miss Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering thigh injury\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could miss Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering thigh injury<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 30 Mar 2011 23:35:00 Karim Benzema &#8211; Prancis (Panoramic) Related Links Teams Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could be a doubt for the Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering a thigh injury on international duty with France . The Spanish media have been suggesting that the injury could be serious enough to side-line the 23-year-old former Lyon striker for the league fixture with Sporting Gijon, as well as the clash with Tottenham. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-351375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could miss Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering thigh injury - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-could-miss-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham-after-suffering-thigh-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could miss Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering thigh injury - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Harry Veal 30 Mar 2011 23:35:00 Karim Benzema - Prancis (Panoramic) Related Links Teams Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema could be a doubt for the Champions League clash with Tottenham after suffering a thigh injury on international duty with France . 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