Black Stars and Real Mallorca midfielder Iddrisu Baba suffered an injury on Wednesday evening when his side defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Iberostar  Stadium.

The midfielder went to the ground in a hard tackle but got up gingerly and had to seek medical attention but did not return to the field for the second half as he was replaced by Rodrigo Battaglia in the 46th minute.

He is expected to have scans on the injury to know the extent of damage and how long he will be out with the World Cup ten days away.

Mallorca went head-to-head with Atleti in the opening stages, finding space down the flanks with their full-backs. It paid dividends just 16 minutes in, as Vedat Muriqi tapped in Jaume Costa’s pass across the six-yard box. Jan Oblak had spilled the shot before.

Atleti responded and Rodrigo de Paul set up Alvaro Morata, who put the ball in the net expertly, but it was ruled offside. That would be a point of frustration for Diego Simeone later on.

The home side coped well until the final twenty minutes when Los Colchoneros finally got some joy down the left. Antoine Griezmann’s two wicked balls were not finished by Morata this time though. Predrag Rajkovic producing a brilliant save on one occasion, Oblak stopping Amath Ndiaye’s effort at the other end.

The final whistle went shortly after Axel Witsel’s overhead kick was headed off the line and there was strange sensation that the two teams were wearing the wrong shirts. Javier Aguirre’s side were far more Atletico Madrid than Diego Simeone’s was.

Baba has been named in Ghana's provisional 55-man squad list and barring any serious damage should be heading to Qatar.