El Clasico: Kylian Mbappe not in Real Madrid squad to face Barcelona

French forward to miss the crucial fixture despite training with teammates on Friday following his recovery from injury.Kylian Mbappe will miss Real Madrid’s crucial La Liga fixture against Barcelona despite training for El Clasico with his teammates before the trip to the Catalan capital.The league’s leading goal scorer was left out of the Real Madrid squad named for Sunday night’s game at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, where the home team can be crowned Spanish champions with a win over their archrivals.Images from Real Madrid’s home training session on Saturday, which showed Mbappe participating in drills, indicated that the French forward had recovered from a hamstring injury he suffered two weeks ago, but his name was a crucial absence from the 21-man squad named on social media.Mbappe attended a team training session before the trip to Barcelona [Oscar Del Pozo/ AFP]Brazilian star Vinicius Jr will lead the forward line for Los Blancos and will be supported by Brahim Diaz and Gonzalo Torres.Meanwhile, Aurelien Tchouameni was listed among the midfielders despite a recent training ground clash with teammate Federico Valverde that cost both players a fine of 500,000 euros ($589,000) each.Barcelona go into the match as favourites not only to win the match but also to retain the league title. The Catalan giants enjoy an 11-point lead over their opponents, and a draw would seal their 29th Spanish league win with three games to spare.If Barcelona win their last four league games this season, starting with the battle against Alvaro Arbeloa’s fracturing Madrid, they will match the all-time league record of 100 points.