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Andrés Iniesta will miss two months with knee injury, which is actually good news for Barcelona

When Andrés Iniesta fell to the groun with his hands on his right knee calling for the doctors after injuring himself during the La Liga match against Valencia, we all thought the worst had happened.

Well, it turns out it's not THAT bad:

The club's official statement says Iniesta "injured the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee", which is the exact same injury Lionel Messi suffered a year ago in a league game against Las Palmas. Just like Messi, Iniesta will miss eight weeks, which basically rules him out for the remainder of 2016, unless the skipper is able to be back in six weeks, which would make him available for the final three games of the calendar year.