FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona - Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, Madrid, Spain - November 3, 2018 Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic is expected to be sidelined for at least two weeks after the Liga champions said on Saturday he had strained his right hamstring in Croatia's 3-2 home win over Spain in the Nations League on Thursday.
The Croatian had already been ruled out of his country's winner-takes-all game against England on Sunday in the new competition and was sent back to Barcelona, where he underwent tests on Saturday.
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