Barcelona injury news: Hansi Flick confirms major blow ahead of Atletico Madrid showdown

Hansi Flick has revealed that Barcelona midfielder Rodri "felt a niggle successful his muscles" against Aston Villa.

The Catalan giants recorded an awesome 3-0 victory implicit the Premier League nine astatine Camp Nou connected Tuesday night.

Lamine Yamal and a Raphinha treble took Barcelona onto 9 points from 4 Champions League fixtures.

However, determination was interest midway done the contention erstwhile Rodri failed to instrumentality for the 2nd half.

According to Mundo Deportivo, the World Cup winner's withdrawal was owed to a hamstring issue.

Barcelona prima Rodri wounded uncertainty for Atletico Madrid game

Speaking to the media aft the triumph connected Tuesday night, Flick acknowledged that the erstwhile Manchester City prima was a uncertainty for the showdown with Atletico Madrid connected Sunday.

He told reporters: "He’s felt a niggle successful his muscles, and we’ll person to hold until tomorrow."

Flick hinted that Marc Bernal - who replaced Rodri against Villa - would get the motion versus Atletico if required.

On his midfield options, the German added: "Frenkie’s conscionable travel backmost from injury; helium played arsenic a centre-back against Alavés, and Bernal has played precise good whenever he’s been connected the pitch."

Is Rodri being over-used astatine Barcelona?

Rodri was amazingly rested for the Champions League fixture against Paris Saint-Germain past month.

However, contempt a precocious instrumentality to grooming implicit the summertime owed to the World Cup and injury, the 30-year-old has racked up the fifth-most minutes for a Barcelona outfield subordinate successful La Liga this season.

That has led to suggestions of Rodri being utilized acold excessively frequently, peculiarly erstwhile considering that helium played 90 minutes successful a 6-1 triumph implicit Alaves connected Saturday.

When Bernal is astatine his disposal, Flick needs to springiness much information to handing regular starts to idiosyncratic who is deemed to beryllium Rodri's understudy.