Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 10:55 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Fermin Lopez (22), Barcelona's attacking midfielder, was hit in the head in the 25th minute of the return match with Atletico Madrid, from the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The images are horrifying, but fortunately the player escaped serious injury and was able to continue on the field.
Barcelona had an excellent start to the match that they were forced to play with all their resources, after 2-0 to Madrid in the round match. And in the 4th minute, the score already showed 1-0 for the Catalan group, after Lamine Yamal's lightning success.
With morale high and taking advantage of a chaotic defense by their opponents, Barcelona canceled out their opponents' advantage in the 24th minute. Ferran Torres made it 2-0, and the team from the north-east of Spain had a huge chance to make it 3-0 seconds later.
Scary PHOTO of the injury suffered by Fermin Lopez
Barcelona took advantage of the collapse in Madrid's defense, and Yamal put Fermin Lopez on the counterattack, who, from a 1-on-1 position with Musso, was violently blocked, with his cleats directly in his face.
The goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid seriously injured him, in the area of the forehead and nose, filling him with blood. The images shown on TV, on the broadcast, were hard to watch, just seeing streams of blood flowing.
The medical team intervened promptly and managed to stop the bleeding, the match being stopped for more than two minutes.
Warmed up though, he didn't ask for a change and stayed on to play, miraculously escaping a terrible injury.
