BARCELONA – Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta will be sidelined for about three weeks because of a new hamstring tear in his left leg, as confirmed by the club’s medical services in a statement.
Iniesta was injured during the first half of the match against Real Madrid and had to retire in 29 minutes to be replaced by Pedro Rodriguez.
This is the third injury to Iniesta in the last two months and eleventh physical problem in the same muscle that Barca have suffered since the beginning of the season.
Iniesta is the biggest loser is out with injuries in recent months, since he was injured against Milan (September 13) and spent a month sidelined with a broken the biceps femoris.
After eight days remained inactive in November for “a muscle contusion in the left”, two weeks off in December by another break in the biceps femoris (at the Hospitalet) in addition to last night’s injury will prevent him playing for the next three weeks.
