MADRID, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona's vital Champions League win at Slavia Prague on Wednesday night came at a cost with the news that midfielder Pedri suffered a hamstring injury.
The Spain international limped out of the 4-2 win in the 61st minute to be replaced by Dani Olmo, with early tests indicating that he could be out of action for at least three weeks.
That means he will miss league matches against Oviedo, Elche and Mallorca, the Copa del Rey quarterfinal away to Albacete and the first leg of a possible semifinal the following week, as well as next week's Champions League game at home to Copenhagen.
The injury adds to Barcelona's problems, with Ferran Torres, Gavi and Andreas Christensen also sidelined.
The situation is even more concerning ahead of a vital Champions League match at home to Copenhagen, for which midfielder Frenkie de Jong is suspended. It is a game Barcelona must win to keep alive its hopes of finishing in the top eight of the league phase and thus avoiding a playoff to reach the last 16.
Barcelona sits ninth in the 36-team league table and is one of eight sides level on 13 points from seven matches. As a result, Hansi Flick's team not only needs victory, but ideally a convincing one, with goal difference likely to be decisive. ■
