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Real’s Marcelo forced off injured and could miss Madrid derby

Marcelo was forced off injured against Sevilla on Wednesday night, making him another injury doubt for head coach Julen Lopetegui ahead of the crucial Madrid derby on Saturday.

The left-back pulled up abruptly in the 72nd minute with a non-contact injury and hobbled off the field of play.

The Brazilian’s premature departure left Real Madrid down to 10 men for the final stages of their 3-0 defeat to Sevilla at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, having just replaced Luka Modric with Dani Ceballos in their final change of the match.

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"Marcelo seems to have a [muscle tear] but we'll have to wait for tests tomorrow," Lopetegui said after the match, while the defender himself confirmed that the injury was to his calf muscle.