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Updated December 16, 2020
File photo: J-League club team Vissel Kobe’s new signing, Spanish player Andres Iniesta (L), controls the ball during a football match against Shonan Bellmare at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture on July 22, 2018. JIJI PRESS / AFP
Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta will be sidelined for four months after breaking a leg bone while playing for Vissel Kobe in the final stages of the Asian Champions League.
Iniesta, 36, underwent “successful” surgery in Barcelona, his club said, and recovery time was expected to be four months.
The injury occurred in last week’s quarter-final against Suwon Bluewings in Qatar which went to a penalty shootout before the Japanese side progressed.
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File photo: J-League club team Vissel Kobe’s new signing, Spanish player Andres Iniesta (L), controls the ball during a football match against Shonan Bellmare at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture on July 22, 2018. JIJI PRESS / AFP
Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta will be sidelined for four months after breaking a leg bone while playing for Vissel Kobe in the final stages of the Asian Champions League.
Iniesta, 36, underwent “successful” surgery in Barcelona, his club said, and recovery time was expected to be four months.
The injury occurred in last week’s quarter-final against Suwon Bluewings in Qatar which went to a penalty shootout before the Japanese side progressed.