Barcelona’s season continues to swing between aid and despair. Simply days after producing yet one more comeback—this time towards Actual Oviedo on the Nuevo Carlos Tartiere—the Blaugrana acquired information that each delighted and apprehensive their followers in equal measure. On one hand, Lamine Yamal is lastly set to return.
The 18-year-old prodigy has been sidelined since Spain’s emphatic 6-0 win over Turkey earlier this month, his absence attributed to lingering groin and again discomfort. Barcelona boss Hansi Flick had not hidden his frustration with the Spanish nationwide staff, even accusing them of overusing the teenager. “They gave him pain-killing injections and performed him despite his damage,” Flick complained earlier in September.
Now, hope has arrived. Diario AS confirmed that Yamal educated with the complete squad on Friday, with president Joan Laporta hinting that he might even see minutes as early as Sunday’s La Liga conflict with Actual Sociedad. Yamal himself fed the thrill, sharing a video on Instagram captioned: “Hey! I’m again.”
The timing couldn’t be higher. Barcelona face Paris Saint-Germain in midweek—a Champions League showdown that can demand each ounce of their expertise.
Barcelona pays a heavy value
For each constructive, nevertheless, Barcelona appears cursed with two setbacks. Thursday’s 3-1 victory, whereas extending their successful run with out Yamal, got here at a steep price. Two key starters have now joined the ever-growing damage record.
The primary blow got here in the course of the second half towards Oviedo. Brazilian winger Raphinha, who had been central to the Blaugrana’s attacking play this season with three objectives and two assists in seven matches, limped off with a hamstring drawback.
The membership confirmed the prognosis the next day: “Participant Raphinha has an damage within the center third of the biceps femoris of the best thigh. The approximate day out is about three weeks,” learn Barca’s official assertion. That guidelines him out of matches towards Actual Sociedad, PSG, Sevilla, and sure Brazil’s worldwide fixtures in October.
The second setback arrived much less expectedly. On Friday morning, goalkeeper Joan Garcia, Barcelona’s summer season signing who had began each sport this season, suffered a knee damage throughout coaching. Preliminary stories urged a minor muscle pressure, however additional scans revealed a meniscus tear, forcing the membership to announce speedy surgical procedure.
“The participant Joan Garcia suffers a tear of the inner meniscus in his left knee. Tomorrow, he’ll endure arthroscopy surgical procedure carried out by Dr. Joan Carles Monllau. The approximate day out is 4 to six weeks,” Barcelona confirmed.
For Garcia, who had been making the No.1 spot his personal after Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s damage, the setback is crushing. The 24-year-old is now anticipated to overlook key fixtures together with PSG, Sevilla, Girona, Olympiacos, and—most painfully—El Clasico towards Actual Madrid on October 26.
