BARCELONA.- The Dutch midfielder FC Barcelona, Frenkie de Jongsuffers a muscle injury in his right thigh and will be out for five to six weeks, the Catalan club announced on Thursday.
“The first team player Frenkie de Jong has injured the distal biceps of his right leg in training this morning (Thursday). The tests confirm that the recovery process time will be between 5 and 6 weeks,” Barça wrote in a brief statement.
The Barça captain will miss at least the league matches against Villarreal, Athletic, Seville and Rayo Vallecanoas well as the two round of 16 duels of the Champions League European (March 10-11 and March 17-18), against Newcastle either Paris Saint-Germain.
He will also not be able to play Tuesday’s duel in the second leg of the semifinals of the King’s Cup before him Atlético de Madridwhere Barça has the very difficult task of trying to overcome a four-goal deficit.
This injury comes at a delicate moment for the coach Hansi Flickwho were able to at least recently reincorporate the midfielder Pedri and the attacker Marcus Rashford.
According to Barcelona’s estimates, De Jong will not be able to go with Netherlands to the window of the March national team matches (March 23-30).
Inter hosts Genoa
After their elimination in the Champions League at the hands of the modest Bodo/Glimt Norwegian, the Inter MilanEuropean runners-up in 2025, intends to forget that disappointment by adding three points against the Genoathat bring him closer to the Scudetto, on Saturday on the 27th date of the Series A.
Leaders with ten points ahead of their neighbors in the AC Milan (2nd), the Nerazzurri are clear favorites for this new match in front of their fans against 14th in the table.
The 5-2 aggregate debacle against the Norwegian team has left questions, not only about the debut season of Cristian Chivu on the San Siro bench, but also on the place of Italyonce a world power at the level of national teams and clubs, on the European football scene.
