Al-Ittihad Club of Saudi Arabia issued an official statement, announcing the details of the injury of the team’s striker, Frenchman Karima Benzema, before today’s Jeddah derby against Al-Ahly.

Al-Ittihad Club will host its rival, Al-Ittihad Club. Al-Ahly Saudi, today at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, within the framework of the ninth round of the Saudi League Championship.

Al-Ittihad Club’s technical director, Laurent Blanc, settled hours before the match, on Benzema was excluded from the team’s roster for the match due to injury.

The Jeddah Football Association revealed, through its official account, the details of the injury that Karim Benzema suffered a few hours before facing Al-Ahly, where the Federation said in His statement: “The medical tests conducted by Karim Benzema yesterday showed an injury to the left posterior muscle.”