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XAVI HAS CLARO THE COMPLICATED OF THE CALENDAR

The minutes of Cancelo, Iñigo, the injured players... Xavi gives the 'report' of the Barça squad

Published:20/10/2023 - 14:52h

Updated:20/10/2023 - 14:52h

The Barça has an end of October that can be key for the first turn of LaLiga. The culés will close confronting to the Madrid, but first will receive to the Athletic with still a lot of drops, in addition to other loaded footballers of minutes

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The FC Barcelona will go back to play this weekend and will do it receiving to the Athletic Club in the tenth day of LaLiga, a party that between a lot of things, will be marked by the complicated present of the Barcelona staff with regard to the injuries. On this has referred Xavi Hernández in the press conference of this Friday, standing out that "we have to go day in day out", ensured.

"Balde And Lamine will be theSunday . The turn of the rest will depend on the feelings that go having the footballers", puntualizó the Catalan trainer. However, the problem is not only of the players that are drop, since also many others are in risk of some muscular problem in front of the big quantity of minutes that are adding lately.

I cancel, full of minutes and Iñigo, trying add them

One of this footballer is Joao Cancel, the one who as only natural right side of the Barça has had to play almost everything, adding besides his participations with Portugal. "Always we speak with the selections but Joao is well physically. It has gone back well of the selection. It is a portento physical and there is not any problem", detailed the míster Catalan on how finds the luso for this weekend.

A footballer that on the contrary of Cancel, has not added too many minutes, is Iñigo Martínez. The central arrived free in summer and began the course with some physical problems, something that already has left backwards, by what without Koundé could win integers in the following parties. Like this it left it see the own Xavi, explaining that "it will be important during the season. It is a signing that likes me. It likes me his personality and exit of balloon. Can contribute us a lot of", ensured.

The injuries, a problem that the Barça expects to leave backwards

The trainer culé equally was consulted on Robert Lewandowski, perhaps the most important player of the staff and another of which will be still in the infirmary, at least a week more. "Ojalá Can go back prompt. He has very good feelings and is a footballer that goes for forward. Can hurt him and he wants to play. In this is a wonder and a big leader. Each day hurts him less", revealed the technician.

On this problem with the injuries, where until four headlines are in the dry dam at the same time, Xavi did not doubt in mentioning that "it treats to resist and improve. We have to follow improving. No I pose it to me like an excuse. We pose it to us all like a challenge but go step by step first centre us in the Sunday. It is problem of the calendar and the bad luck in a lot of moments. They have been two haphazard ankles, and a haphazard knee. But the calendar is very demanding", resolved the trainer.

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