Dani Carvajal says he feels "a little bit of pain" but is hopeful the injury he suffered in Real Madrid's Champions League win at Bayern Munich on Wednesday is a minor one.
The Spain international has been a key part of Madrid's side this term as their first-choice right-back, playing 67 minutes in Munich as Zinedine Zidane's men won their semi-final first leg 2-1.
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But the Spain international appeared to be suffering with a thigh strain for a while in the game, eventually forcing his withdrawal for the much-maligned Karim Benzema.
He is considered very unlikely to feature against his hometown club Leganes on Saturday and a doubt for the return leg against Bayern three days later.
But Carvajal says he is "calm", shrugging the injury off as an "occupational hazard".
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"I'm waiting for the tests to see what's going on in there," Carvajal claimeds.
"I'm calm, I feel a little bit of pain, but in the end they are the occupational hazards, they are situations that athletes expose themselves to. I'm waiting, but I hope it's the as little time as possible."
Although Madrid take a 2-1 lead back to the Santiago Bernabeu for the second leg against Bayern, Carvajal is not getting ahead of himself and reminded people such a result still required extra work when they faced each other in the quarter-finals of last season's competition.
"Then at home we were forced to extend it [the lead]," Carvajal said of their 2-1 win at Bayern last term. "Next Tuesday it will be a final for us because we want to be in Kiev.
"It was difficult and intense and Bayern had a great game, but we had a lot of effectiveness and here the one that scores the most goals wins.
"We were effective, but there are still 90 minutes left and we will have to suffer."
