La Liga: Four Real Madrid Stars Set To Miss Clash Against Sevilla

• Real Madrid will face Sevilla on Saturday in a La Liga encounter
• Los Blancos will be without four key players for Saturday's match
• Vinicius Junior will miss a second straight match with a knee problem

Real Madrid will face Sevilla this weekend at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium, but without a natural attacking threat through the middle.

Marco Asensio, Mariano Diaz, Karim Benzema, and Vinicius Junior are all set to miss the match with injury, with Mariano and Asensio having muscle issues.

Benzema has stitches in his foot after sustaining a cut against Rayo Vallecano while coach, Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Vinicius Junior was still having trouble with his knee, which kept him out of their midweek win.

Ancelotti denied the Brazilian was being left out as a convenience, following the racial persecution he has suffered of late away from home.

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"No, he doesn’t travel because he can’t play. His knee still bothers him. He can’t play, period," Ancelotti said, via Football Espana.

Real Madrid are a point ahead of city rivals, Atletico Madrid in second place and that, along with professional pride, remain the only thing in play, Sports Mole cited.

Florentino Perez may also remind his charges that several millions in Euros are in play.

Sevilla, meanwhile, can still make seventh place and the Europa Conference League next season, but will have their attention firmly focused on next week’s Europa League final against Roma.

Real Madrid stands by Vinicius

Meanwhile, Real Madrid paid special tribute to Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian forward faced racist abuse in the club’s previous La Liga game against Valencia.

The men's and women’s teams, along with the basketball squad, showed solidarity for the 22-year-old by wearing his jersey number before their games on Wednesday, Madrid Zone reported.

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FIFA president, Gianni Infantino has also publicly supported Vinicius, Valencia has condemned the racist abuse, and Real Madrid has filed a hate crime complaint with Spanish authorities.

Vandals destroy Vinicius Jr's poster

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that the racism row engulfing Spanish football shows no sign of abating after a poster of the Real Madrid forward Vini was defaced on Wednesday.

An image of the Brazilian player on an advertisement for stadium tours at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu was torn while the culprit left the effigy of Karim Benzema untouched.

The 22-year-old Real Madrid winger was given his marching orders for slapping Hugo Duro after being manhandled by the Valencia player, sparking jeers from home supporters.