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The France international has only lasted five minutes in the Liga match and should be questionable for Tuesday 's meeting with Liverpool
Barcelona striker Ousmane Dembele lost his composure after five minutes of play in La Liga against Celta Vigo, hamstring injury.
The ckub confirmed the nature of the injury and said the player would have scans on Sunday.
Dembele was playing while he was trying to come back from another hamstring problem that had seen him miss a month of activity between March and April.
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The extent of the injury is not known, but the participation of the French international winger in the return match in the semifinal of the Champions League against Liverpool must be questioned.
Barcelona leads tied for 3-0 after the first leg.
Dembele has already led a stop-start campaign this year and has only made 24 caps last season, his first at Camp Nou.
He has won 43 games in all competitions for the Blaugrana this year, scoring 14 goals, but missed time with a sprained ankle in addition to the thigh injury.
❗ [BREAKING NEWS] O.Dembélé is injured at the hamstring in the right leg. He will undergo tests tomorrow to determine the exact extent of the injury. pic.twitter.com/q3Ze4JijJE
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 4, 2019
When he returned from injury in April, his coach, Ernesto Valverde, said his team would be cautious about the 21-year-old.
"It's not exactly the same as it was before his injury," Valverde said.
"You have to go through the games before finding your place. We will see."
"He definitely gives us speed and if the other teams play hard, he's great at the counter. We can exploit that.
"He's very good in one-on-one too."
Dembele was signed by the Catalans of Dortmund for an amount of € 105m in the summer of 2017, and was considered a substitute for Neymar, who left for PSG that summer.
Despite the chaotic nature of his debut in Spain, the club's president, Josep Bartomeu, claimed that he was already a better player than the Brazilian.
"We are happy with what we have because Dembele is better than Neymar and he's a good professional player," Bartomeu said in April.
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"He's a young man who's been to a big club and it's not easy, but he's adapted and he's better than Neymar."
Barcelona have already won their second consecutive Liga title and have fielded an experimental squad against Celta, who started the match two points from the relegation zone.
Dembele was replaced by Alex Collado, 20, who made his debut in the first team.
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