Eric Garcia alarm! The center back withdrew due to physical problems

Eric García returned to the eleven of the FC Barcelona in front of Valencia, but only could hold 42 minutes in the field. The central felt a prick in the aductor left in the straight final of the first part and was replaced in the 42' by Marcos Alonso the one who, in the first action in which it participated, brushed the expulsion by an entrance to destiempo on the Brazilian Marcos André, the one who replaced to the also lesionado Edison Cavani by Valencia.

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El jugador del primer equipo Eric Garcia tiene unas molestias en la zona inguinal del muslo izquierdo. Pendiente de pruebas para saber el alcance exacto de la lesión pic.twitter.com/ZWSCVHPLXz

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While it was in field, Eric completed a quite toneless presentation. The Catalan also had been apercibido in the minute 21 by an agarrón to the same Marcos André, the most incisive of the forward che since ingresó to the 18 minutes of game. The '21' completed a clear and three recoveries, but again the leadership of the saga culé recayó in Jules Koundé that it was the best of the bottom blaugrana in the first part.

For García, the muscular injury arrives in the worst possible moment, to 10 days of the announcement of the final list of Luis Enrique for the World-wide of Catar with The Red and when his presence in the eleven of the Barça is increasingly discussed, because of his toneless performances from the last stop of selections. The player of 21 years will have to make proofs in the next hours to determine the scope of the muscular injury suffered in Mestalla.

The drama for Xavi Hernández in defense

With three games to play before the start of the World Cup, Xavi Hernández is once again running out of options in terms of central defenders. With Ronald Araújo and Andreas Christensen 'KO', the loss of Eric García leaves Koundé and Gerard Piqué as the only alternatives in terms of central defenders. Against Valencia, the Egarense coach went from '3' and preferred to bet on Marcos Alonso.

With the entry of the former Chelsea player, Barça began to play with three full-backs at the Mestalla, since Álex Balde was occupying the right lane and Jordi Alba the left. Eric joins Sergi Roberto as the last loss in a culé defense that will arrive at the World Cup break with just enough, outside the Champions League and making great efforts not to lose track of Real Madrid in LaLiga.