On Sunday, Barcelona announced that Gerard Piqué suffered a calf strain during the Catalan team’s draw against Alavés, on Saturday, in the Spanish Championship. The defender left the pitch around 25 minutes into the second half and performed tests this morning.
‼️ INJURY NEWS
First team player Gerard Piqué has a calf strain and joins the injury list. pic.twitter.com/erK4ZleQ37
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 31, 2021
With that, Piqué increases Barcelona’s injured list. Names like Braithwaite, Pedri, Ronald Araújo and Sergio Aguero, who had a cardiac arrhythmia detected, are in the medical department. Ansu Fati, Frankie De Jong, Sergi Roberto and Dembelé are already training and are close to returning.
???? @Dembouz, @ANSUFATI & @DeJongFrenkie21 join the group for part of the training session pic.twitter.com/2Lpd9aPpH6
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 31, 2021
Barcelona returns to the field next Tuesday, against Dynamo Kiev, in Ukraine, for the Champions League. The match is decisive for the Catalans’ pretensions to qualify for the round of 16 of the competition.
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