Barcelona's Busquets to miss match against AtlÃ©tico Madrid

Posted November 18, 2020 6:00 am

The Associated Press

Barcelona's Sergio Busquets fights for the ball against Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort) The Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Sergio Busquets will miss Barcelona's match against AtlÃ©tico Madrid in the Spanish league because of a knee injury.

Barcelona said Wednesday that Busquets has a sprained ligament in his left knee, an injury he sustained last weekend playing for Spain in the Nations League.

The Catalan club said the midfielder will not play in this Saturday's match in Madrid and the 'œevolution of the injury will condition his availability'ť for future games.

Busquets has started eight times for Barcelona this season.

AtlÃ©tico will be without former Barcelona striker Luis SuÃ¡rez because of a positive coronavirus test while he was with Uruguay's national team.

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Barcelona's Sergio Busquets, left, heads for the ball with Dynamo Kyiv's Gerson Rodrigues during the Champions League group G soccer match between FC Barcelona and Dynamo Kyiv at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort) The Associated Press

Spain's Sergio Busquets, left, fights for the ball against Switzerland's Haris Seferovic during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Switzerland and Spain at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday Nov. 14, 2020. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP) The Associated Press

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