Is Pablo Barrios injured after Atlético's clash with Bayern Munich?

Pablo Barrios finished the match against Bayern with his ankle strapped, fuelling rumours of an injury. Nacho Donado dismisses them on simple observation: an injured player does not walk through the mixed zone or speak to every TV channel.

With Barça just around the corner, Rubén Uría runs through the injury list and starts with Pablo Barrios. The midfielder appeared with strapping on his ankle, prompting plenty of talk about whether he was carrying a knock. Uría makes clear he has no interest in petty squabbles over who is right and says that, from what he has been told, Barrios in theory has no injury at all.

Nacho Donado explains that he is not speaking from inside information but from a simple deduction based on observation. He asks whether anyone would think it normal for an injured player to speak to every TV channel and walk through the mixed zone, and Uría agrees with him.

Donado adds that in football, as in basketball and other sports, players wear a huge amount of strapping for any number of reasons: being stepped on, a cut or even preventive taping from the physio. His conclusion is that an injured footballer does not come out to talk to the media.