Pedri, Gavi, Araújo... Barça's drama in the international breaks of the 23/24 season

The FC Barcelona has been, definitely, one of the clubs that has experienced more setbacks during the season 2023/24 regarding his international players in several competitions of selections. Under this premise, the Catalan picture has seen like varied his active have finished lesionados, some of gravity like Pablo Gavi, others that generate a lower degree of alarm like Pedri González and Ronald Araújo, but that the same do that trastoque the sportive planning culé with seen to the next period 2024/25.

Pedri González and Ronald Araújo, the last victims of the 'virus FIFA'

In this sense, the combined Barcelona has suffered recently two drops between his players that participated in the Eurocopa and the Glass America. Pedri González had to abandon the duel between Spain and Germany in the quarter-finals because of a hard entrance of Toni Kroos in the first compasses of the crash. Finally, to the of Tegueste, diagnosed him an internal lateral sprain of degree 2 in the left knee, what will keep it out of action during roughly a month or month and half. It is likely that lose the pre-season with the Catalan picture and maybe even the start of the season, depending on as it advance his recovery.

In addition to the '8' of the Barcelonan cast, Ronald Araújo also suffered a physical mishap in the clash between Uruguay and Brazil, where felt a 'prick' in the backside of the left leg. Although there is not official confirmation, the first exploration suggests that the charrúa confronts to an injury in the biceps femoral that it could leave it out of fight during at least a month and half. This wants to say that also it will lose the pre-season and the start of the season 2024/25 with the FC Barcelona.

Pablo Gavi, the 'KO' graver in this campaign 23/24

Speaking of this type of cases, is unavoidable no rememorar the drop of Pablo Gavi. The Andalusian, afterwards of the meeting clasificatorio for the Eurocopa 2024 between Spain and Georgia, that took place on 19 November 2023 in Valladolid, suffered one of the most terrible setbacks that a footballer can suffer: it broke the ligament crossed previous of the right knee, with an injury associated in the external meniscus that required surgical intervention.

This physical mishap of the of The Palaces and Villafranca meant a big loss for the Barcelonan picture, since Pablo Gavi is a vital player in the eleven headline. In front of this, no only lost a big part of the season 2023/24, but also it will lose the pre-season and possibly the first months of the course 2024/25, with an estimate of return foreseen for October-November according to the prognosis of the club.

The announcements 'unnecessary' of Lamine Yamal and Frenkie of Jong

Equally, they exist other cases that no necessarily are related with an injury of the player, but with the form in that it acts a Federation, like sucedió, for example, with Lamine Yamal in October of 2023. In the case of the of Rocafonda, in spite of facing a day of rest with the Catalan cast in front of the presage of a possible physical unrest, was summoned by Luis de la Fuente for the clashes against Scotland and Norway. However, the RFEF did not free it until it did not confirm that really it had a problem in the psoas ilíaco of his left leg, what resulted in an unnecessary announcement practically of gone and turn.

In this same line, finds the case of Frenkie of Jong, player that at present is recovering of a sprain of degree two severe in his right ankle, a zone that has presented recurrent problems in this campaign 2023/24. In spite of this, received the announcement to join to the selection of Low Countries in the Eurocopa, with the hope that, although it involved "to run some risks", could play with the 'Oranje'. Nevertheless, the time of recovery was not sufficient so that the Dutch arrived to the event with his selection.

The 'frights' with İlkay Gündoğan and Jules Koundé

To his time, there are other cases that resulted to be no more than a fright. For example, İlkay Gündoğan, shortly after being fichado by the FC Barcelona, had to abandon the lawn to the minute 25 of a duel between Germany and France on 12 September. This occurred because of a strong fall that generated him a lot pain in the backside of the right thigh. Fortunately, only it treated of a contusión. However, in that moment, went reason of alarm.

To close, is the case of Jules Koundé, the one who in a friendly between France and Germany on 23 March, also caused worry in the combined Barcelona when having to be substituted in the minute 60 because of problems in his right ankle. Nevertheless, to the equal that occurred with Gündogan, finally resulted to be only a contusión.