Western Sydney Wanderers will be sweating on the fitness of Juan Mata after the Spanish superstar succumbed to injury early in Friday night’s Isuzu UTE A-League clash with Brisbane Roar.
Mata lasted just 11 minutes before the former Manchester United and Chelsea playmaker hobbled off the field at Suncorp Stadium.
The 36-year-old appeared to suffer a hamstring injury after setting up Western Sydney’s eighth-minute opener in Brisbane, where he was later seen icing the area while sitting on the bench.
It is a blow after Mata had established himself in the Wanderers’ starting XI.
Mata had started six of Western Sydney’s last seven matches, scoring once and supplying two assists in that period.
