Olmo suffers injury in Paris while breaking Barça appearance record
Dani Olmo left the pitch in the PSG‑Barça match played in Paris before the thirty‑minute mark, after a left adductor injury that forced Fermín to replace him. The incident coincided with the day the player reached one hundred official matches with Barça.
Olmo's injury in Paris
In the PSG‑Barça clash, Dani Olmo suffered a left adductor injury that forced him to leave the field before the thirty‑minute mark. The Barça captain was substituted by Fermín, whose gesture of anger and pain confirmed the seriousness of the issue. According to the report by Thibault Camus and Xavier Bosch, the injury occurs a year after the last muscle trouble that had affected his left leg, coinciding with the day he reached one hundred official matches with Barça.
The old journalistic refrain that Olmo could not play more than three consecutive matches because of his alleged muscle fragility is now behind us. Reality surpasses that perception: the player scored against Betis and has been a starter in most games.
Historic match streak
In 2026, since Barça's 2‑0 victory over Espanyol on January 3, Olmo has accumulated a streak of forty‑four consecutive matches on the pitch. The series includes thirty‑two games from the 2025/26 season and twelve from 2026/27, without interruption.
During the current campaign, Hansi Flick has relied on Olmo in the twelve matches played, featuring in all twelve and starting as a starter on six occasions. Only Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Adeyemi were also present in the twelve games, albeit with far fewer minutes.
With the Spanish national team, Olmo has been a starter in three of the four recent Nations League matches. By mid‑October he had amassed fifteen appearances so far this season, reinforcing his status as a key player.
Flick has found an almost perfect combination between Olmo and Fermín López for the role behind the nine, sharing the starts almost fifty‑fifty. When one begins the match, the other comes on around the sixtieth minute, with fresh legs and a clear mind.
At the World Cup, Olmo took advantage of Fermín's absence to shine, while now many predict that Fermín will become a global figure.