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Barcelona's medical staff has announced that Barcelona players Carles Puyol (31) and Andrés Iniesta (25) won't be available for Saturday's league game against Deportivo.

Puyol sprained his left ankle during the Champions League final against Manchester United on Wednesday, while new medical tests have shown that Iniesta's thigh injury hasn't yet totally healed despite the good feelings of the player during the final.

Since Iniesta is supposed to be called-up to play the Confederations Cup next month, Barcelona's medical staff has contacted the medical staff of the Spanish football federation to discuss the recovery schedule of the player. Iniesta torn a quadriceps muscle on the front of his right thigh during the league game against Villarreal on Sunday 10 May.

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Barcelona players Carels Puyol (30) and Andrés iniesta (24) have received earlier today the green light from Barcelona's medical staff and will be available for the league game against Valladolid tomorrow.

The Catalan defender sprained his left ankle during the league game against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday 7 March and was then expected to be out for three weeks (read more here). Iniesta on the other hand tore an adductor muscle in his right thigh during the league game against Málaga on Sunday 22 March and was expected to be out for two weeks (read more here).

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Barcelona's medical staff has announced that Barcelona central defender Carles Puyol (30) has suffered a sprained left ankle during yesterday's league game against Athletic Bilbao.

Puyol, who was replaced by Víctor Sánchez at the end of the game, is expected to be out for the next three weeks. This would mean that the Catalan defender will miss the Champions League game against Lyon and the league games against Almería and Málaga. The player will be further examined on Monday.

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Barcelona player Carles Puyol (30) rejoined group training and trained normally yesterday.

The Catalan defender had been doing indivdual recovery exercises after he was replaced in the game against Sporting on Sunday 8 February due to an overburdening of some muscles in his left thigh (read more here).

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Barcelona's medical staff has announced that Barcelona player Carles Puyol (30) was yesterday substituted in the second half of the game against Sporting due to an overburdening of some muscles in his left thigh.

To give the player the chance to recover, Barcelona has agreed with the Spanish football federation that Puyol won't play Wednesday's friendly game with the Spanish national team.

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Barcelona player Carles Puyol (30) has received earlier today the green light from Barcelona's medical staff and will be available for the league match against Sporting Gijón tomorrow.

Puyol has recovered from a small muscle tear of the quadriceps at the front of his left thigh, although he didn't train with the group today and did some individual exercises instead.

The Catalan defender suffered the injury during last week's cup game against Espanyol on Thursday 29 January and was then expected to be out for around ten days (read more here).

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Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona player Carles Puyol (30) is speeding up his recovery because Barcelona will have a lack of defenders for the next league game.

The player feels good and could get the green light on Saturday. This would enable the Catalan defender to be available for Sunday's league game against Sporting.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that, with the suspensions of Alves, Piqué and Márquez, Puyol will offer to play when he feels more or less ready.

Puyol suffered an injury in his left thigh during last week's cup game against Espanyol on 29 January and was then expected to be out for around ten days (read more here).

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Barcelona's medical staff has announced today that Barcelona central defender Carles Puyol (30) has suffered a small muscle tear of the quadriceps at the front of his left thigh during yesterday's cup game against Espanyol.

Puyol, who was replaced by Cáceres after one hour of play, is expected to be out for around ten days.



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