Lucas Barrios Injury Update: Calf And Back Injuries Sideline Striker

Contrary to earlier reports of a serious hamstring injury, Borussia Dortmund have announced that star striker Lucas Barrios suffered a calf strain and a back injury in training Monday morning. An MRI was completed at a local Dortmund hospital, and the diagnosis was made by BVB team physician Dr. Markus Braun.

Barrios, 26, received a pain-killing injection to help with his back. It’s undetermined at the moment whether the Paraguayan international will travel with the team to Greece for their UEFA Champions League match against Olympiacos on Wednesday. Manager Jürgen Klopp will make the decision Tuesday morning. This is a must win match for BVB if they have any hopes of making it out of the group.

The good news for Der BVB is that Robert Lewandowski has been in very good form, while the team is also perfectly capable of getting goals out of their midfielders. However, Barrios is an absolutely lethal finisher and has been key in Borussia Dortmund’s return to prominence over the last two years.

Barrios might be just fine and this might be a false alarm, but it still would be surprising to see him start against Olympiacos. Expect Robert Lewandowski to get at least one more run in the first team.

Champions Borussia Dortmund have had an inconsistent start to the season with five wins from nine Bundesliga matches. On Friday evening, they moved into third with a terrific 2-0 victory over Werder Bremen as Jurgen Klopp’s men put on a resilient display.

Die Borussen went down to ten-men early in the second half and had to dig deep with the likes of Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic inspiring Dortmund to hold on under severe pressure from Werder. Klopp will be hoping the stuttering from has come to end and Friday’s victory provides a superb platform to keep in touch with Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Bayern.