Andres Iniesta To Miss Four Matches Due To Calf Injury

Andres Iniesta will not be able to play for three weeks on account of an injury he suffered on Saturday 25^th October’s match against Real Madrid which took place at Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Iniesta will miss four matches due to his injury. He will not be able to play for his team Barcelona in their match against Espanyol which is the final of Copa Catalunya. He will also miss La Liga matches against Celta Vigo and Almeira, also, he’s likely to miss the Champions League match against Ajax.

He will also be unable to play for Spain in a Euro 2016 qualifier match against Belarus. He will also miss Spain’s friendly match against Germany. Iniesta is likely to return in Barcelona’s match against Sevilla which will take place on 22^nd November. Barcelona lost 3-1 to Real Madrid and Iniesta was responsible for a mistake that helped Real Madrid get their third goal. Barcelona was defeated for the first time in the 2014-15 La Liga season.

Luis Enrique, manager of the Barcelona team made a surprising decision of putting Jeremy Mathieu, who usually plays at the centre, at the left back position.  Jeremy Mathieu later said that the decision was surprising for him too and further added that coach has final authority in deciding which position a player of the team would play.

Mathieu said that the team made a good start but the unsurpassable counter attack of Real Madrid made them vulnerable and particularly the second goal of Real Madrid destroyed Barcelona’s Morale.

Mathieu said that the team has to work hard to improve their performance in dead ball situations. He confirmed that in spite of having tall players in the team, they are having difficulties in dead ball situations.

Presently, Real Madrid is at the topmost position in the Liga BBVA Table and Barcelona is at the fourth position.