Koundé, Lamine, and Raphinha: The Barça starters with the most fatigue during the FIFA break

The FC Barcelona squad will return to action this Thursday against Osasuna (21:00 hours) in the postponed match of matchday 27 of LaLiga, due to the passing of doctor Carles Miñarro. The match against the 'rojillo' team comes just after the international break, where a total of 12 Barça players had minutes with their national teams. Jules Koundé (210'), Lamine Yamal (186') and Raphinha (180') are the ones returning to Catalunya with the most fatigue after the FIFA break.

The full-back played every possible minute in the quarter-final tie of the Nations League against Croatia (2-2 on aggregate, 5-4 on penalties), including extra time in the second leg played in Paris. Lamine was also a starter in both matches of the tie against the Netherlands, resolved in a penalty shootout in Mestalla (5-5 on aggregate, 5-4 on penalties). In the first leg, he played 66' in Rotterdam, while the rematch in Mestalla he played the full match (120').

In the case of Raphinha, the winger played the full 90' with Brazil against Colombia (2-1) and Argentina (1-4). Robert Lewandowski had slightly less playing time with Poland. The '9' played 86' against Lithuania (1-0), a match where he caused concern towards the end due to a muscle issue. Against Malta (2-0), he came on with 24 minutes left. Both forwards scored 1 goal with their national teams, just like Yamal.

Héctor Fort, 'exploited' by the Spanish U-19 during the break

Who really took full advantage of the March international break was Héctor Fort. The full-back, who has had a minimal role this season with Hansi Flick's team, was a starter in the last three qualifying matches of the Spanish U-19 for the European Championship of the category, to be held in Romania. The full-back played the entire match against Latvia (1-4), as well as 62 minutes against France (2-1) and another 76' against Italy (2-2). Fort has barely accumulated 480 minutes of action in 15 appearances with Barça in the 24-25 season.

In the case of the internationals with the senior La Roja, Dani Olmo played 108 minutes in the tie against the Netherlands. The player from Terrassa alternated prominence with Pedri, replacing the Tenerife player in the first leg in Rotterdam at the 66' and leaving his place to the Canary player himself at the 84' in Mestalla. Pedri closed the tie with 102 minutes, scoring the decisive penalty in the shootout.

The others who saw minutes against the 'Orange' were Ferran Torres (played 51' in the second leg) and Pau Cubarsí, who was injured in the first half of the first leg (spent 40 minutes on the field). Fermín López, on the other hand, played 75 minutes with the U-21 against the Czech Republic, four fewer than Gerard Martín. Both were released from the squad for the match against Germany, to give them rest before Barça-Osasuna. The same happened with Pablo Torre, who only played a quarter of an hour with Santi Denia's team.