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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will be absent from the match on Sunday La Liga game against Osasuna following the announcement by his club that the possibility of sciatica.

The Belgian goalkeeper doesn’t expect to be absent for many days, according to Spanish reports that claim he is fit to play Barcelona during the Clasico on the 16th of October.

Ukrainian goalkeeper Andrei Lunin could take over from Courtois in the near-term. Lunin has played five times at the club since his move as a substitute for Zorya Luhansk in 2018.

Prior to the Clasico Real Madrid hosts Shakhtar Donetsk next Wednesday. make a trip to Getafe within La Liga, and then play Shakhtar once more in Poland which is in which the Ukrainian team’s Champions League group games are being played due to the Russian invasion.

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