Dembélé is still denied physical problems. One after the other, the winger has chained visits to the Barça infirmary, to the point that 42.3% of the matches have been lost due to injuries. Since signing in 2017, the Barça team has played 239 official matches. Of these, Dembélé only disputed 119 (49.8%). Of the remaining 120, 101 have been out due to injury.
Dembélé has lost 101 games due to injury at Barça, 42%
Unlike other times, Dembélé’s injury doesn’t seem significant. It is an elongation in the semimembranosus of the left thigh. The club does not specify time off – it uses the formula “evolution will mark its availability” -. It is only clear that the duel in Vigo will be lost. The good news is that there is no muscle rupture. In addition, after visiting the Celta, there is the stop of selections. Therefore, the French winger will have fifteen days to recover and be ready for the derby against Espanyol. A match where, if nothing goes wrong, Xavi Hernández will also make his debut on the Barça bench.
Dembélé’s ordeal with injuries comes from afar. Interestingly, before playing for Barça he had almost no physical problems. Only some much smaller. At Barça, however, he started badly and was injured a few weeks after signing: in mid-September 2017. Then he was out of action for three and a half months, and was forced to undergo surgery. . It would be the first of three interventions he has had so far at Barça.
In total, 27 games were lost in that first season (20 for the first injury and 7 for the second). A year later he would lose 13 games due to three injuries (5 + 4 + 4). In his third year he was absent most of the season, no more and no less than 40 games, due to four injuries (5 + 1 + 15 + 19). On the other hand, last season he only lost six games due to two minor injuries (5 + 1). Until the summer, when he was injured with France. So far, this season 2021/22, the one that ends contract, has already lost 15 games due to the injury he was dragging his knee. The one in Vigo, on Saturday, will be his number 16 absence.
Dest, with low back pain
Who was not lucky enough to face, in Kiev, was Sergiño Dest. The winger was supposed to start against Dinamo, but, as Sergi Barjuan explained, he noticed discomfort in the warm-up. The interim coach decided not to take any risks and seated him on the bench. This Thursday, tests confirmed that he has low back pain. As with Dembélé, the club does not specify how long he will be out. It will depend on your “evolution”.
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