Mbappe ruled out of Clasico in blow to Real Madrid after failing late fitness test

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian Mbappe[/a] still hasn’t fully recovered from his injury to the muscle in his left leg, and the club has decided not to take any risks with the striker, especially considering that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] no longer have a realistic chance of fighting for the title.[/p][p][b]His absence comes after controversy over his trips to Italy and France during his days off while he was recovering from injury.[/b][/p][image alt="Mbappe's stats in the ongoing LaLiga season to date" id="bb7a519f-c9af-4865-b608-4313f2eb341a" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (photo by Reuters / Marcelo Del Pozo)" guid="5dafe55c-8fdd-448a-9004-e990d62b0bbe" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]It’s a significant blow for Madrid, as Mbappe scores against Barca every 67 minutes, on average.[/p][p]However, he didn’t finish Saturday’s training session with his teammates at Valdebebas and failed Sunday’s fitness test.[/p][embed guid="50e9bd13-64b3-4bee-a8ab-2e3263025cac" url="https://x.com/realmadriden/status/2053411756467237221" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=tKPjjLJt"]Follow Sunday's El Clasico with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]