Barcelona are on a winning streak – five out of five for Hansi Flick’s team – and in the week of the first Champions League game this season for the Blaugrana, against Monaco, bad news shook the club’s Ciutat Esportiva. Dani Olmo, Barça’s star signing this summer, will be out for four to five weeks due to a hamstring injury. The player from Terrassa was taken off in the 61st minute of the game against Girona last Sunday after taking part in the rout. “I don’t know exactly how he is yet. We’ll see. The doctor will examine him and we hope it’s not serious,” confessed the German coach after the game, in which the Blaugrana team dazzled.
And so does he. So much light for Olmo that now he is plunged into darkness. At least, temporarily. And the fact is that his start to the season could not be better for a Barcelona that has found its way and its game. His injury – confirmed after the tests carried out this Monday at the Joan Gamper Sports City – comes just at a time when he was fundamental for Flick’s team and decisive in their matches and approaches. Since he arrived – and that was despite not being able to be registered until the third matchday due to recurring problems with his legs – he has been in the squad for the past 10 years. fair play of the club managed by Joan Laporta— has played three games, two of them from the starting eleven. In total, 189 minutes with the club, with which he has shown freshness and energy and has scored three goals. And, in between, he was also present with the Spanish national team in the match against Serbia, in which he played as a starter for 82 minutes. Although he did not do so against Switzerland after a blow to his right knee during the match against the Serbians.
One less option for Flick, who is already suffering from the absences of Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Fermín López in the midfield, and who will have to find a substitute to accompany the usual Pedri and Marc Casadó. A priori, already waiting for the evolution of Olmo, he will miss the next six games: against Monaco this Thursday, Villarreal on Sunday, Getafe, Osasuna, one more in the Champions League against Young Boys and Alavés at the beginning of October. If he meets the expected deadlines, he could be on the pitch on October 20 against Sevilla de Montjuïc. A setback and bad news that Hansi Flick will have to digest, and find solutions.
