The Athletic will have to play against the Barça without one of his big 'jewels'

Bad news for the Athletic of Madrid in the previous of the duel of the Sunday against the FC Barcelona. The 'colchoneros' have suffered recently the unlucky drop of Pablo Neighbourhoods, one of the disclosures of the combined 'rojiblanco' in this season, having annotated up to now a goal and an assistance in 12 parties, and that was struggling by a place in the eleven headline of the 'Cholo' Simeone.

The Madrilenian went back of the trip to Low Countries, where the Athletic attained a good victory in front of the Feyenoord (1-3) where the Spaniards sealed his ticket to the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, the midfield player returned to Spain with annoyances in the knee that, after some studies, have launched results quite desalentadores.

Neighbourhoods will be drop for the duel in front of the Barça

The part offered by the medical services of the club indicates a break meniscal. Besides, the 'colchoneros' have signalled that in the next days will decide the definite treatment to the that will subject to Pablo Neighbourhoods. This is crucial, since if it opts by a meniscectomía partial, the recovery would carry of two to three weeks. Nevertheless, if it makes a suture meniscal, the time of recovery would extend to more than three months.

This would be the second player lesionado of the payroll of the Athletic of Madrid in this season, after the drop of Thomas Lemar, the one who neither will arrive to the duel in front of the FC Barcelona. Besides, it is important to stand out that Pablo Neighbourhoods is experiencing his second injury in this campaign, since to the beginning of the campaign had an injury in the sóleo that left it out of fight during five parties.