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FC Barcelona: Antoine Griezmann injured and unsure for the round of 16 return from C1

2020-07-13T00:59:43.255Z


French striker Barça will miss the last week of La Liga and possibly the knockout round of the Champions League return against Naples


French FC Barcelona striker Antoine Griezmann suffers from a quadriceps muscle injury must, his club announced on Sunday, and will miss the last week of Liga and perhaps the knockout round of the Champions League return against Naples on 8 August.

📝 [MEDICAL RELEASE] French striker Barça @AntoGriezmann suffers from an injury to his right leg quadriceps. The length of his absence will depend on the progress of his injury 👉 https://t.co/ES0mrDmCae pic.twitter.com/TvPAOOOlEG

- FC Barcelona (from 🏟) (@fcbarcelona_fra) July 12, 2020

"The examinations carried out this (Sunday) morning showed that the player of the first team Antoine Griezmann suffers from a muscular injury to the quadriceps of the right leg", specifies Barça in a short press release. "Its availability depends on its development," simply added the Catalan club, which has only two La Liga matches to play against Osasuna on Thursday and Alavés on Sunday, with still a slight hope of retaining its national crown in the event of a forgery. not repeated from the leader, Real Madrid.

According to the Catalan specialist media Mundo Deportivo, Barça's goal is to be able to take part in the Champions League 8th final return match against Naples at Camp Nou on August 8. The French striker was released at half-time from Barça's Valladolid match on Saturday, replaced by Uruguayan Luis Suarez.

A heavy blow for Grizou

“He went out because he felt embarrassed, he asked to go out. We'll see what he has, ”alerted coach Quique Setién on Saturday evening at a press conference. A huge blow for Grizou: the French world champion (29, 78 caps), who arrived last summer at Barça for five years and 120 million euros from Atlético Madrid, was just beginning to show the scope of his talent in Catalonia.

Griezmann (15 goals and 4 assists in 46 games in all competitions at Barça this season) notably scored a magnificent goal against Villarreal (45th) last Sunday (4-1), and served a heeling of genius for the goal of Luis Suarez (56th) against Espanyol, Wednesday (1-0).

Incredible goal of Griezmann on a heel of Messi 🔥 # VILBAR pic.twitter.com/PlEQhcRfrF

- Tibo 😡 (@_KembaSZN) July 5, 2020

A good way to end the controversy born a few days earlier of his entry into play in the 90th minute of the match of Barça against his former team, Atlético Madrid (2-2) on June 30.

Source: leparis

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