The images did not bode well.
On Wednesday evening, during the extension of the Copa del Rey semi-final second leg, won by Barça against Sevilla (3-0), Gerard Pique twisted in pain after his right knee turned on a bad support.
After being treated for a moment on the sidelines, he had resumed his place, limping and grimacing for the last minutes of the match.
“We have to wait, said his coach Ronald Koeman, after qualifying for the final.
It is not the same injury as the last
(Editor's note: partial injury of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee)
.
It's something else, but I don't know if it's something serious.
"
Finally this Thursday morning, the club announced a small sprain of the internal lateral ligament of this right knee.
ÚLTIMA HORA‼
La valoración médica y las pruebas realizadas esta mañana han mostrado que lo que el jugador del primer equipo Gerard Piqué maintains an esguince en el ligamento lateral interno de la rodilla derecha.
Es baja y su evolución marcará su disponibilidad pic.twitter.com/IIpyKYYq48
- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) March 4, 2021
An unavailability of three weeks is already mentioned.
As a result, the central defender will miss the meeting against PSG next Wednesday for the 8th Champions League final return.
Pique had, a few minutes before injuring himself, offered, with his head, following a cross from Griezmann, the second goal for Barça, synonymous with overtime, in additional time of the semi-final.
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His tenure in the first leg against Paris (1-4), at Camp Nou, on February 16, was a surprise since he had only resumed training for a few days, after three months of convalescence.
Put in difficulty by Kylian Mbappé, he had crystallized the impotence of Barça and was notably illustrated by a spectacular spat with his partner Antoine Griezmann.
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