{"id":501030,"date":"2026-02-26T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/frenkie-de-jong-suffers-a-muscle-injury-and-will-be-out-for-five-to-six-weeks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:04:41","slug":"frenkie-de-jong-suffers-a-muscle-injury-and-will-be-out-for-five-to-six-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/frenkie-de-jong-suffers-a-muscle-injury-and-will-be-out-for-five-to-six-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Frenkie de Jong suffers a muscle injury and will be out for five to six weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Barcelona.<\/strong> \u2013 FC Barcelona&#8217;s Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, suffers an injury to the distal biceps of his right leg, sustained during training this Thursday, the blaugrana entity officially reported.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/futbol\/vinicius-sentencia-al-benfica-y-mete-al-real-madrid-en-octavos-de-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vin\u00edcius sentences Benfica and puts Real Madrid in the Champions League round of 16<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe estimated recovery time ranges from five to six weeks, a significant setback for the team led by German coach <strong>Hansi Flick<\/strong>, especially in the decisive phase of the season.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matches to be missed<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Dutch international&#8217;s absence will prevent him from playing at least seven official matches. These include:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The second leg of the <strong>Copa del Rey<\/strong> semi-final against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid**.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The round of 16 of the <strong>UEFA Champions League<\/strong>, where the Catalan team will face Newcastle United or Paris Saint-Germain, as determined by the draw.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LaLiga matches against Villarreal CF, Athletic Club, Sevilla FC and Rayo Vallecano, as well as a probable league match against Atl\u00e9tico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Midfield Adjustment<\/h3>\n\n\nThe absence of De Jong represents a significant loss in the midfield structure, where he has been a regular alongside <strong>Pedri<\/strong> in the creation of play. With the Canary Islander already recovered, Flick will have to rely on alternatives such as Marc Bernal, Eric Garc\u00eda or Marc Casad\u00f3 to reinforce the double pivot.\n\nThe club is also keeping <strong>Gavi<\/strong> and Danish defender <strong>Andreas Christensen<\/strong> in the recovery process, which further complicates the planning of the German coach.\n\nThis is De Jong&#8217;s second physical setback of the season, having already suffered a muscle injury with the Netherlands national team last September.\n\nThe blaugrana medical team will continue to evaluate the player&#8217;s progress in the coming weeks with the hope that he can rejoin the team in the final stretch of the season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona. \u2013 FC Barcelona&#8217;s Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, suffers an injury to the distal biceps of his right leg, sustained during training this Thursday, the blaugrana entity officially reported. You may be interested in:Vin\u00edcius sentences Benfica and puts Real Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 The estimated recovery time ranges from five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":["post-501030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26l8","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}