{"id":17184,"date":"2022-05-05T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/05\/barcelona-confirm-fresh-injury-setback-ahead-of-betis-clash\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:00:32","slug":"barcelona-confirm-fresh-injury-setback-ahead-of-betis-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/05\/barcelona-confirm-fresh-injury-setback-ahead-of-betis-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona confirm fresh injury setback ahead of Betis clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spanish giants FC Barcelona have, on Thursday, confirmed some altogether discouraging news on the personnel front.<\/p>\n<p>The player set for a spell on the sidelines? Gerard Pique.<\/p>\n<p>For those not aware, veteran stopper Pique was forced to limp out of Barca\u2019s most recent outing, when Xavi Hernandez\u2019s troops welcomed RCD Mallorca to the Camp Nou for a La Liga clash.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old, after making his way from the field of play, could be seen clutching at the upper part of his left leg, sparking immediate concerns of a potential stretch on the treatment table.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1698678\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1698678\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1698678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona confirm fresh injury setback ahead of Betis clash\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390136687-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1698678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerard Pique in action during the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Barcelona at Football Arena Frankfurt on April 07, 2022 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Pedro Salado\/Quality Sport Images\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, as much has this afternoon been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>As per an announcement across the Blaugrana\u2019s social media platforms, Pique has \u2018suffered a flare-up of the tendinopathy affecting the adductor longus muscle in his left thigh\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The defender, as a result, is simply labelled as \u2018out\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LATEST NEWS | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3gerardpique?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@3gerardpique<\/a> has suffered a flare-up of the tendinopathy affecting the adductor longus muscle in his left thigh. He is out and his recovery will determine his availability. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PwVmGjCoQq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PwVmGjCoQq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1522151070365061121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Betis test<\/h2>\n<p>Pique\u2019s thigh issue of course means that the Barca icon is set to sit out the club\u2019s next outing, when the Catalan giants return to action this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off the back of a return to winning ways at the expense of the aforementioned Mallorca, Xavi and co. will make the trip to the Estadio Benito Villamar\u00edn, for a La Liga showdown with Real Betis.<\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana head into the clash sitting 2nd in the Spanish top-flight, albeit a full 15 points adrift of arch rivals Real Madrid, officially crowned as champions last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/barcelona-prepping-transfer-pathways-for-leeds-united-star-raphinha\/\">Barcelona consider transfer pathway for relegation-threatened Leeds United star Raphinha<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/real-betis-vs-fc-barcelona-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\">Real Betis vs Barcelona betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Spanish giants FC Barcelona have, on Thursday, confirmed some altogether discouraging news on the personnel front. The player set for a spell on the sidelines? Gerard Pique. For those not aware, veteran stopper Pique was forced to limp out of Barca\u2019s most recent outing, when Xavi Hernandez\u2019s troops welcomed RCD Mallorca to the Camp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-17184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}