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Real Madrid without Ramos for Girona test

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is absent from Zinedine Zidane's squad to face Girona in La Liga.

Madrid - fourth in the league after Valencia's win over Alaves on Saturday - have offered no explanation for Ramos' unexpected absence from the 18-man squad for Sunday's game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Jesus Vallejo returns from two months out with a hamstring injury to take Ramos' place in the squad.

Ramos played the full 90 minutes as Madrid won 2-1 at Paris Saint-Germain on March 6 to knock the Ligue 1 side out of the Champions League.

But the defender left Madrid temporarily with 10 men last weekend against Eibar, Zidane explaining the centre-back had "s**t himself a little" and had to be excused.