Balde gets injured! The full-back suffered a muscle strain in the Leganés-Barça match

Bad news for FC Barcelona. In the match against Leganés, Hansi Flick's team runs the risk of suffering a new injury setback, this time in defense. Alejandro Balde was injured while challenging Altimira for a ball in the 38th minute, in an action where both players tripped and the entire 'cucumber' team claimed a foul by the Barça full-back.

Balde immediately felt discomfort and the Barça doctors entered the field. Flick, without wasting time, ordered Gerard Martín to come on, as a precaution, since Álex, although he walked off on his own, did so with a gesture of pain and anger. Probably, the '3' will not be available for the rematch against Borussia Dortmund, on Tuesday in Germany.

Balde, a very sensitive loss for Barça in the decisive stretch of the season

Awaiting the official medical report, Barça hopes that the defender has not suffered a major injury. This season, the youth player has accumulated 3,290 minutes of action spread across 43 matches. Only Jules Koundé has accumulated more playing time than Balde in the Barça defense so far. Gerard Martín has gained points in recent weeks, with good performances in La Liga, but he is clearly far from the level that the '3' can offer, who in 24-25 has 1 goal and 10 assists.

For now, it is very likely that Álex will be out against Dortmund. We will have to see if he manages to be available next Saturday against Celta. The week above, Barça will host Mallorca on Tuesday the 22nd, four days before the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid (Saturday 26th at La Cartuja). Afterwards, the 'culés' could play the first leg of the 'semi' of Champions, on Tuesday or Wednesday of the last week of April.