Barca coach Valverde blames Dembele inexperience for injury


Soccer Football - Real Madrid vs Barcelona - Spanish Super Cup Second Leg - Madrid, Spain - August 16, 2017 Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde REUTERS/Juan Medina

(Reuters) - Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde believes Ousmane Dembele's inexperience was partly to blame for the hamstring injury which will keep him out for around four months.

The 20-year-old France winger backheeled the ball while running at speed in the 25th minute of Barca's 2-1 win at Getafe in La Liga on Saturday and immediately pulled up injured.

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