19.03.2016 19:28 h

Gimenez adds to Atletico, Uruguay injury woes

Atletico Madrid defender Jose Maria Gimenez looks set to join club and international teammate Diego Godin in missing Uruguay's World Cup qualifiers with Brazil and Peru later this month.

Gimenez pulled out with a hamstring injury in the final stages of Atletico's 2-1 defeat to Sporting Gijon on Saturday leaving his side to finish the game with 10 men as coach Diego Simeone had already made his three substitutions.

"@JoseMaGimenez13 has a hamstring muscle injury in the back of the right thigh," Atletico said on their official Twitter account.

Uruguay travel to face Brazil on March 25 before hosting Peru four days later.

Simeone said he had rejected Gimenez's request to continue at El Molinon as Atletico's faint remaining hopes of the La Liga title faded away.

Barcelona can extend their lead over Atletico at the top to 11 points with just eight games to play with victory at Villarreal on Sunday.

"He said that he felt he had torn (the hamstring) and we are not going to continue tearing a leg," said Simeone.

Godin also suffered the recurrence of a hamstring problem as Atletico saw off PSV Eindhoven to make the last eight of the Champions League on Tuesday.

Both now face a race to be fit for the first-leg of Atletico's quarter-final away to Barcelona on April 5.