The duel between FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid had quite a few frictions during the first half. In a duel that defined great things for the Spanish League, it was to be expected great frictions s. In the early stages of the match, Sergio Busquets had a head clash against Stefan Savic . The Spanish footballer was lying on the field. In the first instance he tried to continue, but had to be replaced and was taken to the hospital by the emergency room .
The Blaugrana midfielder hit his head hard in the clash with the Atlético footballer. As a result of the impact, Busquets was shocked on the field and began to bleed from his left nostril . The footballer was treated by the medical team off the field and a priori it was believed that he could continue with the meeting. However, shortly after he returned to the field, Sergio fell to the ground and asked for the substitution . Clearly the footballer was not in a position to continue in the engagement.
🚨 🚑 Busquets went to the hospital after receiving a blow to the head by Savic # BarçaAtleti pic.twitter.com/W2sjes45 Ks
– FCBarcelonaFl 🏆 (@FCBarcelonaFl) May 8, 2021
Under these circumstances, the culé player was substituted. In his place came the youth squad Ilaix Moriba . Subsequently, the Catalan team informed the media that Busquets had been transferred to a hospital near the stadium to receive the corresponding analyzes and rule out, or not, one fracture in some area of his head .
Now Sergio Busquets is unable to continue after a clash of heads with Stefan Savić.
Both sides forced into first-half substitutions. # LLL
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So far Barcelona has not issued an official statement that reports the severity of the injury suffered by Busquets after the coup. However, due to the way he left the field, the player will probably need a few days to regain full condition.