The Barca captain has been ruled out for three weeks after suffering the injury to his right arm when landing heavily after colliding with Sevilla’s Franco Vazquez early in the first half of the two team’s La Liga clash at Camp Nou.
The Argentine – who had set up Philippe Coutinho’s opening goal after two minutes and himself added a sublime second after 12 minutes – struggled to play on before being substituted in the 26th minute.
Barcelona later confirmed that their captain had suffered a "fracture of the radial bone in his right arm," an injury which took the gloss off a 4-2 win over Sevilla which saw them leapfrog their opponents to the top of the La Liga table.
Tests carried out on the first team player Leo Messi have confirmed that he has a fracture of the radial bone in his right arm. He will be out for approximately three weeks.
With Messi off the field, Luis Suárez added Barcelona’s third through a 63rd-minute penalty, before Pablo Sarabia pulled one back for the visitors.
Midfielder Ivan Rakitic scored Barca’s fourth with a fierce drive, although Sevilla substitute Luis Muriel added a further consolation strike to make it 4-2 in stoppage time.
While the result ended a run of four games without a league win for the Catalan club, the big talking point was Messi’s injury, which means the No. 10 will miss the Champions League clash with Inter Milan this week, before the showdown with great rivals Real at Camp Nou next Sunday.
With Cristiano Ronaldo having made the switch from Real Madrid to Juventus in the summer, next weekend's Clasico will be the first since 2007 not to feature either of the iconic duo.
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