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

Football Soccer - Borussia Dortmund v Sporting Lisbon - Champions League - Group F - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - 02/11/16. Borussia Dortmund's Mario Goetze in action during the match. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

(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)