<p>MADRID — Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos injured his left leg while playing for Spain and said Thursday he will miss upcoming matches against Liverpool and Barcelona.</p>
<p>Madrid said the 35-year-old Ramos has “a muscular injury to the inner part of his left lower leg.”</p>
<p>The Spanish club did not give an estimate on how long Ramos would be sidelined, but the center back ruled himself out of the important matches.</p>
<p>“What hurts me the most is not being able to help my team in these highly-demanding games when our season will be on the line,” Ramos wrote on Instagram.</p>
<p>Madrid is scheduled to play Liverpool on Tuesday in the Champions League quarterfinals after a Spanish league match against Eibar on Saturday. The team will then face Barcelona on April 10, followed by the second leg of the quarterfinals at Liverpool on April 14.</p>
<p>Ramos said he “felt pain in my leg while I was cooling down on the field” after he played the final minutes of Spain’s 3-1 victory over Kosovo in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Ramos saw limited action for Spain over the international week. He did not play in Spain’s 2-1 win over Georgia on Sunday, and was substituted at halftime in the 1-1 draw with Greece last week.</p>
<p>Ramos only recently recovered from left knee surgery that sidelined him for several weeks.</p>
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