Rodri out about a month with a muscle injury, misses Atlético
A right biceps femoris injury keeps the Barcelona midfielder out for around a month, ruling him out of Spain's Nations League games too.
Midfielder Rodri Hernández will not be available for Barcelona at the Metropolitano this Sunday. The club has confirmed in a statement a muscle injury to the biceps femoris of his right leg, which will keep him out for around a month. According to 20minutos, the exact timeframe will depend on how the injury evolves.
The problem came up in Tuesday's Champions League match against Aston Villa at the Spotify Camp Nou, a 3-0 win, where he was substituted at half-time and replaced by Marc Bernal. After medical tests the club confirmed the problem, and he will also miss Spain's last two group-stage Nations League matches against Czech Republic and England.
Hansi Flick loses a player who had been playing most of the minutes in recent matches. As we reported earlier, the first notice talked about three weeks out; the latest update extends that to around a month, so his absence is longer than expected.
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