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Lewandowski ruled out of Barca's cup semi-final against Atletico Madrid

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Published 3 months ago

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski will miss his team's Copa del Rey semi-final clash against Atletico Madrid with a fractured eye socket, the Catalan giants said Sunday.

[p]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewandowski-robert/MVC8zHZD/"]Lewandowski[/a] picked up an injury in the recent game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/villarreal/lUatW5jE/"]Villarreal[/a]. Tests have diagnosed a fracture of the left eye socket," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] in a statement.[/p][p][b]"He will miss the game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico Madrid[/a]."[/b][/p][p]Copa del Rey holders Barcelona suffered [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/atl-madrid-jaarqpLQ/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/?mid=IiIBOvXR"]a 4-0 defeat[/a] in the first leg against Diego Simeone's side at the start of February.[/p][embed guid="d5ac04d5-5a59-4b57-b151-c80552483511" url="https://x.com/FCBarcelona/status/2028091867749818519" social-type="twitter" /][p]Lewandowski, 37, has played a bit-part role for Barca this season, often left on the bench in favour of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torres-ferran/AVAVLaLt/"]Ferran Torres[/a].[/p][p]On as a substitute, the former Bayern Munich striker netted LaLiga leaders Barca's fourth goal in the 4-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/atl-madrid-jaarqpLQ/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/?mid=EN3sJIfk"]Follow the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final here.[/a][/b][/p]

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