Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe a doubt for Clasico after picking up thigh injury

[p]"He has been diagnosed with an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his left leg," said Los Blancos in a statement, after the France captain went off hurt during [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Madrid[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/betis-vJbTeCGP/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=lfKIYGgU"]1-1 draw[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/betis/vJbTeCGP/"]Real Betis[/a] in La Liga last Friday.[/p][p]Madrid, second in the Spanish top flight by 11 points from leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a], face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/espanyol/QFfPdh1J/"]Espanyol[/a] on Sunday before taking on the Catalan giants the following weekend.[/p][p]Real Madrid initially indicated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Mbappe[/a] had suffered a muscular overload, but further tests showed their top goalscorer was injured.[/p][embed guid="c9e83fcd-455d-4200-ac94-88f3b0e9bd55" url="https://x.com/realmadriden/status/2048717794666037401" social-type="twitter" /][p]If Madrid drop points against Espanyol without him and Barcelona defeat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/osasuna/ETdxjU8a/"]Osasuna[/a] on Saturday, Hansi Flick's side will be crowned champions for a second successive season.[/p][p]Mbappe has been troubled by injury this season, generating concern in France with the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico starting on June 11th.[/p][p]The 27-year-old, a world champion in 2018, was dogged by a knee issue which lasted for two months, the longest absence of his career, and admitted it caused him "frustration, anger and anxiety".[/p]