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Barcelona now lose Xavi to injury

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 05:58

Barcelona have been hit by another injury blow with Xavi facing two weeks on the sidelines.

The Spain international was substituted towards the end of Sunday night's 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid and tests on Monday revealed a thigh problem which, according to the Barca website, is likely to keep him out for around 15 days.

Losing Xavi is a further setback for Barca, who also saw midfielder Seydou Keita limp out of the Atletico match after just five minutes with a hamstring injury that will see him missing for up to four weeks.

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Submitted by m16ice (not verified) on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 19:28.

Real Madrid slipped up earlier when we were hit by injury after injury. We did reasonably well, no slipping up too much.

Now some of our injured players are back, it's Barca's turn to have injuries. Let's see how well can Barca cope with injuries.

Submitted by Ayodeji (not verified) on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 14:11.

xavi injury is good for us realmadrid. next messi and iniesta

Submitted by el blanco (not verified) on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:35.

i personally dont kno abt xavi's career bt,wat i kno is dat,barcelona wil suffer b4 xavi's arrival.now is dere time 4 injuries so lets cee wat happens next

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