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Carvajal adds to Real Madrid's injury woes as hamstring problem threatens to end season

Dani Carvajal has added to the injury headache being endured by Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid, with the experienced right-back picking up a hamstring complaint.

The Spain international was forced out of the first leg of a Champions League semi-final clash with Chelsea after 77 minutes as a result of his latest ailment.

This is the 29-year-old's fifth setback since September, and his fourth of the muscular variety, and there are fears that his 2020-21 campaign could be brought to a premature conclusion.

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What has been said?

A statement released on Real's official website reads: "Following the tests carried out today on our player Dani Carvajal by the Real Madrid medical department, he has been diagnosed with an injury to the semimembranosus muscle in his right left.