Bad leg of Luis Suárez. The ariete charrúa of the FC Barcelona, that this Friday was the big offensive reference of the team beside Griezmann and Dembélé, could not finish the first time in front of the Athletic of Bilbao in Saint Mamés. The Uruguayan lesionó to the half hour of game when suffering a 'prick' muscular in the twin of the right leg, what caused that Valverde commanded him to the bench.
Rafinha Alcántara was the one who ingresó in the field to relieve him, and the true is that the Hispanic-Brazilian did not take in generating danger. In hardly ten minutes, commanded a whiplash to the crossbar of the goal of Unai Simón, after a beautiful played individual. The Barça, however, could not play to what wanted after the injury of Luis Suárez, that subtracted offensive potential to the team.
Luis Suárez hurt of the twin of the right leg and the most likely is that it have suffered a small tear muscular. Intelligent decision the one to substitute him, as have him left on the lawn would have involved that the injury went to more. To the Uruguayan forward put him ice at all more go in in the bench, but did not leave directly to the changing rooms to be treated and this indicates that the injury is not grave.
The FC Barcelona, in definite, had to face the 60 following minutes of party without his two maximum artillerymen of the past season, since Leo Messi not even could travel to Saint Mamés when being recovering of the injury that suffered during his first training to the turn of the holidays. Double challenge for Ernesto Valverde in the first party of LaLiga Santander 2019-20.
With the step of the hours will know the exact scope of the injury of Luis Suárez, that expects that it do not prevent him play the next days of LaLiga. The Barcelona will not go back to play until the Sunday of next week in front of the Real Betis, in a second day liguera that will play in the Camp Nou.
Unexpected situation in the forward of the Barça
Without Coutinho in front of his imminent course to the Bayern Munich, Dembélé and Griezmann were beside Rafinha the big references of attack in the second part in front of the Athletic. The Barcelona had to other 'holy cows' in the bench like Busquets and Rakitic, although Valverde decided to renew the centre of the field after the rest, when seeing that the Barça did not generate the game that needed to mark. The 'secondary', forced to step forward.