DUE TO INJURIES AND PENALTIES
Xavi will have to 'improvise' in Barça's defense for the duel in Getafe
Published:11/05/2022 - 17:44h
Updated:11/05/2022 - 18:38h
Barça will face Getafe this Sunday and will do so with a defense full of casualties. Piqué, Dest, Jordi Alba and Eric García are safe casualties, while Araújo is in doubt, so Xavi will have to improvise
The FC Barcelona paid a very high price by the victory in front of the Celtic of Vigo the past Tuesday in the Camp Nou. The Barcelona achieved the three points in front of the 'olívicos' of conclusive way and left 'served' his classification to the following edition of the Supercopa of Spain. However, the party between 'celestial' and 'culés' left to the directed by Xavi Hernández very 'touched' of face to his next meeting in front of the Getafe of Quique Sánchez Flores.
And it is that in front of the 'célticos' three players barcelonistas were admonished and will lose the crash in front of the 'azulones'. Frenkie Of Jong, Eric García and Jordi Alba saw the yellow cardboard and will not be available for his trainer in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez when having to fulfil cycle of sanction. Of this way, Hernández sees almost all his defence title 'dismantled' in hands of the injuries and the suspensions.
To the drops of Alba and Gracía in the retaguardia, it is necessary to add them the ones of Gerard Hammered and Sergiño Dest by physical setbacks. The American suffers an injury in the muscle semitendinoso of the right leg and is safe drop by the rest of the season. In the meantime, the champion of the world with the Spanish selection saw forced to leave the discipline of the first team after feeling annoyances in the aductor of the left leg by long, and in spite of his intensión to force to accompany to the square, the pains sharpened to such point to separate it of the group.
Likewise, the presence of Ronald Araújo also is in the 'air' after having suffered a contusión in the head after an involuntary crash with Gavi. The footballer had to be withdrawn of the terrain of game of the Camp Nou in an ambulance to be moved to the Hospital of Barcelona with the head inmovilizada. Fortunately, everything remained in a fright and, after having happened the night in observation, the player could go back to his home after confirming that is conscious and stable. Nevertheless, his announcement is in doubts for the crash of the Sunday.
A defence 'emparchada'
Because of the quantity of effective with which will not be able to explain to confront to the Getafe, Xavi Hernández will have to use to players that perhaps did not take into account for this final stretch of campaign. Dani Alves, Óscar Mingueza, Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti are the only active Barcelona in defence that will be available for the day 37, waiting for what sucederá with Araújo. To confirm his presence, the Uruguayan could form the central pair with Lenglet, whereas Alves and Mingueza would occupy the sides, although the presence of Álex Balde would not be descartada.