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Dortmund's Goetze out of Champions League clash with Real Madrid

Football Soccer - Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund - German Bundesliga - Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany - 26/11/16 - Eintracht Frankfurt's Timothy Chandler (R) in action with Borussia Dortmund's Mario Goetze. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Files (Reuters)

REUTERS - Attacking midfielder Mario Goetze has been ruled out of Borussia Dortmund's Champions League clash with Real Madrid due to a knee injury, the German club said on Tuesday. Dortmund said the injury to the 24-year-old was minor, adding that he had a chance of making the squad for the trip to Cologne in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The German side are top of Group F and a point in Madrid on Wednesday would see them through to the Champions League knockout stages as group winners. (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)