Franck Kessie has been dominated out till membership soccer the World Cup after choosing up an harm in Barcelona’s win over Viktoria Plzen.
Kessi has spent many of the season on the bench since becoming a member of Barcelona in the summertime however was given his fifth begin of the marketing campaign of their closing Champions League group match.
Enjoying because the holding midfielder rather than Sergio Busquets, he was performing his duties properly when he was pressured off after 67 minutes.
Talking afterwards, Xavi confirmed that his participant has a hamstring situation and can now be out till after the World Cup, lacking the group’s two matches earlier than the winter break begins.
“He’s screwed. I feel he has damage his hamstring,” mentioned the supervisor.
“He was taking part in a superb sport within the midfield place, successful duels, and was good at the beginning.”
Kessie’s ache can be eased by the truth that he would not have been taking part in within the World Cup even when he match with Ivory Coast failing to qualify.
The identical cannot be mentioned for the opposite gamers who missed Barcelona’s final match by means of harm although; Memphis Depay, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Sergio Roberto, Andreas Christensen and Jules Kounde.
Nevertheless, all the above are hopeful of being slot in time to go to Qatar with their nations aside from Roberto, who dislocated his shoulder in opposition to Athletic Bilbao and can be out for over a month, and most needs to be accessible to Xavi for a minimum of one of many remaining matches earlier than the break.
