Atletico Madrid confirm injury blow two weeks before new La Liga season

In precisely two weeks’ time, Atletico Madrid will kick off their 2025-26 La Liga marketing campaign with a visit to Espanyol. There’s plenty of optimism surrounding Los Colchoneros forward of the brand new season after plenty of constructive exercise throughout the summer season switch window, however a few of that would now be dulled.

Atleti have had a decreased pre-season schedule resulting from their involvement within the Membership World Cup, and that meant their gamers additionally didn’t have a standard time period away from soccer. And that would have affected Pablo Barrios, who has gone down with an harm.

As per an official assertion from Atleti, Barrios has suffered a low-grade muscle harm.

“Pablo Barrios suffers from a low-grade muscle harm, recognized by the membership’s medical providers after the checks carried out on the midfielder, and won’t play the pleasant match that we are going to play this Sunday in opposition to Porto.

“The red-and-white ‘8’ will perform physiotherapy classes and readaptation work within the gymnasium and the evolution of his harm will decide his return to competitors.”

Will Barrios miss Atleti’s opener in opposition to Espanyol?

Atleti haven’t specified a return date for Barrios, who is likely one of the undisputed starters for Diego Simeone. And on condition that it’s a muscle harm, there’s a likelihood that he might miss out in opposition to Espanyol, on condition that the match takes place in two weeks on the RCDE Stadium.

Nevertheless, it has been reported by Cadena SER’s Pedro Fullana that Atleti don’t anticipate Barrios to be out for greater than every week, that means that he needs to be obtainable to start out within the La Liga opener.

🚨🇪🇸 JUST IN: The objective is for Pablo Barrios to be prepared for the La Liga opener in opposition to Espanyol. He can be out for a number of days.@PedroFullanaSER pic.twitter.com/Y8XfdlsZsb

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 3, 2025

It’s a aid for Atleti that Barrios’ harm will not be severe, given his significance to Simeone. He can be managed within the coming days, however barring any setbacks, he needs to be effective to face Espanyol.