Eric, who had made his place in the last eleven once more – he had been a starter in the last four league games and also in the Cup, once morest Linares – will miss the semi-final of the Super Cup that Barça will play on Wednesday once morest Real Madrid. The Catalan defender was injured in the 54th minute of the match once morest Granada, when he stretched his leg to reject an air ball and, on his own, stopped and put his hand behind his right thigh. Eric is expected to be able to recover for the first leg of the UEFA Europa League last 16 once morest Napoli on 17 February.
Lenglet, the relief, and Araujo, no doubt
Clément Lenglet was in charge of replacing him once morest Granada and, a priori, everything suggests that it will be his replacement in the duel once morest the white team. The presence of Ronald Araujo is not completely ruled out by Barça either, despite the fact that the Uruguayan center-back was operated on this Friday due to fractures in two fingers of his right hand. According to the newspaper As, Araujo might have participated in the match with a protective splint in his right hand, but it is still a risky decision because on Wednesday it will not have been a single week since he was involved.
In case the Uruguayan can get to the game, Xavi might line up a defense with three central defenders once morest Real Madrid. It would be formed by Araujo, Piqué and Lenglet, while the side lanes would be for Dani Alves and Jordi Alba. It is not ruled out that Egarenc will bet on playing with this scheme once morest a Madrid team that will arrive plugged into the game following beating Valencia (4-1) this day with doubles by Karim Benzema and Vinícius.
All in all, Barça will travel to Saudi Arabia this followingnoon with the coronavirus casualties of Ferran Torres i Pedri. In the event of a negative result, however, it is not ruled out that they may join the expedition later, although the Valencian striker is still unregistered. For his part, Frenkie de Jong, with an elongation to the sole of his left leg, is still in doubt.
Return of Ansu Fati
While Eric’s injury is the cross, his face is the return of Ansu Fati. As announced by Xavi in the press conference before the match once morest Granada, the Spanish-Guinean striker will be discharged for a few minutes on Wednesday once morest Madrid. The guideline with Ansu is still to be extremely careful, but the coach is celebrating the recovery of the most decisive striker that Barça has.
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