Eric García injured during warm-up... and Ansu Fati takes his place in the starting eleven!

Sunday night, October 20, started very busy for FC Barcelona. In the warm-ups before the match against Sevilla, Eric García noticed some discomfort in his right adductor and, after speaking with the physios, Hansi Flick has opted to take him out of the starting eleven after betting on him as a companion to Pedri and Marc Casadó in the Barça midfield.

In his place has come Ansu Fati, whose line-up meant a couple of changes in the tactical approach of the German coach. The first, that Casadó goes from inside to occupy the center of the midfield, while Raphinha has centralized his position and will act as a playmaker so that the culé '10' plays on the left wing.

Ansu is back in the starting eleven for Barça more than a year later

In this way, Ansu returns to a Barça starting eleven 511 days after the last time. His previous start as a Barça player was on 28 May 2023, when the Spanish-Bissau-Guinean came from the start in the match between the Catalans and Mallorca on matchday 37 of LaLiga, which ended in a 3-0 victory for the Blaugrana. In that match, Fati played 79 minutes and scored two goals.