{"id":8272,"date":"2022-02-03T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/03\/barcelonas-latest-injury-blow-confirmed-ahead-of-atletico-clash\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T12:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:07:02","slug":"barcelonas-latest-injury-blow-confirmed-ahead-of-atletico-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/03\/barcelonas-latest-injury-blow-confirmed-ahead-of-atletico-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s latest injury blow confirmed ahead of Atletico clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spanish giants FC Barcelona have, on Thursday, confirmed the latest altogether untimely blow to the club\u2019s personnel ranks.<\/p>\n<p>The latest member of Xavi Hernandez\u2019s squad to have picked up an injury? Clement Lenglet.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the club\u2019s social media platforms this afternoon, the Blaugrana announced that stopper Lenglet has picked up a problem in the \u2018femoral biceps in his left hamstring\u2019, ahead of an upcoming spell on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757\ufe0f INJURY NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Test conducted on Cl\u00e9ment Lenglet this morning has revealed an injury to the femoral biceps in his left hamstring, meaning that he is unavailable until the injury clears. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1a7UxiP1VQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1a7UxiP1VQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1489213339322437644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ensuing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fansjavimiguel\/status\/1489227269801328643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">word<\/a> stemming from the Spanish media, meanwhile, points towards a likely lengthy absence for the Frenchman, amid suggestions that Lenglet could be unavailable for selection for as long as five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The former Sevilla man joins fellow central defenders Eric Garcia and Samuel Umtiti on the treatment table in the Catalan capital, amid what is fast developing into a full-blown crisis at the heart of Xavi\u2019s backline.<\/p>\n<h2>Atleti showdown<\/h2>\n<p>It is safe to say that the alarming situation in Barca\u2019s defence could not have arrived at a much more inopportune moment for the faltering heavyweights.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the Blaugrana set to return to action this weekend, in a crunch La Liga showdown with champions Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup marks a crucial one amid the battle for a top-4 berth in the Spanish top-flight, with Diego Simeone\u2019s troops currently occupying the final Champions League qualification berth.<\/p>\n<p>Barca, though, sit just a point adrift of the Rojiblancos in 5th, meaning a victory at the Camp Nou in 72 hours\u2019 time could go a long way towards guiding Xavi and co. back towards the top tier of European club football.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/fc-barcelona-exclude-veteran-dani-alves-from-their-europa-league-squad\/\">FC Barcelona exclude veteran Dani Alves from their Europa League squad<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-takes-swipe-at-mikel-arteta-as-he-lifts-the-lid-on-arsenal-departure\/\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang takes swipe at Mikel Arteta as he lifts the lid on Arsenal departure<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Spanish giants FC Barcelona have, on Thursday, confirmed the latest altogether untimely blow to the club\u2019s personnel ranks. The latest member of Xavi Hernandez\u2019s squad to have picked up an injury? Clement Lenglet. Taking to the club\u2019s social media platforms this afternoon, the Blaugrana announced that stopper Lenglet has picked up a problem in [&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-8272","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\/8272","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=8272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}