Worried in Barcelona after Pique was injured ahead of the Saint-Germain match
Barcelona, second in the Spanish League, confirmed today that defender Gerard Pique suffered a knee injury after his team’s match against Seville in the domestic cup yesterday, amid concern about the possibility of his recovery ahead of the expected match against Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of the Champions League final next week. .
Barcelona said in a statement that "the tests conducted in the morning showed that Pique suffers from a sprain in the inner collateral ligament of his right knee."
Pique, 34, had just returned from a cruciate ligament injury in the same right knee, which kept him away from the green rectangle for three months.
The Catalan club defender imposed himself as a star against Seville in the semi-final second leg of the local cup competition, by scoring in the fourth minute of stoppage time the second goal for his team to lead 2-0 after his colleague, French striker Osman Dembele, opened the scoring, so the two teams went to two more games that Barcelona won 3 Zero and qualified for the final match.
Barcelona lost the first leg to the Andalusian club, 0-2.
According to the Catalan newspaper "Mundo Deportivo", Pique "underwent medical examinations after the match, and it was found that there was no serious development in the right knee injury that prompted him to stay away for a period of three months."
It is likely that Pique will miss his team’s match against Osasuna in the league in the 26th stage, hoping that he will be able to confront the Parisian club at home after four days as Barcelona seeks to turn the tables on its opponent after its resounding fall at its stadium "Camp Nou" in front of him 1-4 To go.
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