TOwith though Xavi Hernandez there were not enough fears of injury in Barcelona, the coach will now have to do without Jordi Alba after a defender has requested an away substitution Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Having played less than half an hour, the Spaniard signaled on the bench to ask for a substitution and left the field. Oscar Mingeza come to its place after almost instant warm-up.
Earlier in the day, Alba’s involvement was dubious, but they took the risk of including him in XI. It didn’t pay off.
The defender pulled himself up after knocking the ball that Robert Lewandowski failed to get to the end after Marc-André ter Stegen to rescue. Once he cleared it, he reached out to hold his leg.
Alba risked his fitness over the importance of the game, but now he’s probably out of line for a while.