File picture of Dani Olmo© AFP
Barcelona’s injured playmaker Dani Olmo is dealing with three weeks on the sidelines, ruling him out of the Champions League quarter-final first leg towards Borussia Dortmund. Olmo, who suffered a proper thigh damage in Thursday’s 3-0 La Liga win over Osasuna, will miss this weekend’s league conflict with Girona, the second leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final towards Atletico Madrid, and the April 9 tie with Dortmund. “Tests carried out this morning (Friday) affirm Dani Olmo is affected by …an adductor muscle damage in his proper leg. His restoration time shall be round three weeks,” the membership introduced.
The Spanish worldwide was taken off shortly after scoring in Thursday’s win which lifted the Catalan membership three factors clear on the high of La Liga.
After the match supervisor Hansi Flick expressed concern that the victory had come at a value.
“We have three factors extra however we paid a extremely excessive worth with the damage of Dani,” Flick instructed reporters.
“We do not understand how lengthy he shall be out but when it is two weeks, he’ll miss lots of video games and if it is three weeks much more,” he added.
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