The FC Barcelona has announced in the last hours, through an official communiqué, the scope of the injuries of Jeremy Mathieu and Andrés Iniesta, produced this past Sunday against the Seville in the Sánchez Pizjuán. Any of the two players will be able to arrive to time for the dispute of the turn of the Supercopa of Spain, this Wednesday in the Camp Nou.
The captain of the Barça suffers a distention in the back capsule of his right knee, whereas the French defender suffers a break in the biceps femoral. Of this way, Iniesta will be two weeks ofdrop , whereas Mathieu will have to remain in rest three weeks.
Luis Enrique loses of this form, during a time, to two players that is used to to use with frequency in the rotation, and whose minutes will have to deliver now between some players of bench like Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Digne, André Gomes or Denis Suárez, the new signings, more motivated that never to do it the best possible in his first official parties with the Barcelona T-shirt.
Mathieu and Andrés Iniesta will lose the two first parties of League Santander 2016-17 against Real Betis and Athletic of Bilbao, although it foresees that for said dates Luis Enrique can take out without problems to Jordi Alba, and in the second day to Neymar Jr and Rafinha Alcántara.