07/12/2020 - 13:14
- Clarín.com
- sports
In moments where the head-to-head match between Real Madrid and Barcelona presents a good advantage in favor of the Merengues near the end , the Culés continue to take steps backwards, despite the fact that this Saturday they did their part defeating Pucela 1-0 a Valladolid, with a new assist from Lionel Messi.
This Sunday, the Catalan club reported that one of its figures -beyond its present and its crooked arch-, the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, suffers an injury to the quadriceps of his right thigh. It is speculated that he will have between three and four weeks of recovery. Goodbye final of the tournament then, in the absence of the matches against Osasuna at the Camp Nou and against Deportivo Alavés in Mendizorroza.
The French striker was subjected this Sunday to medical tests that confirmed the muscle ailment, although in the statement the Blaugrana club did not set the recovery time and specified that the "evolution will mark the availability" of the player.
In Saturday's game against Valladolid, Griezmann started for the third consecutive game and was replaced at halftime by Uruguayan Luis Suárez. This is the first injury suffered by the Frenchman, 2018 world champion with his team, this season. To date, he had enjoyed 46 appearances in all competitions, making him the fourth player with the most minutes played by the first team.