Barcelona might find yourself having to subject a makeshift central defender for subsequent week’s rearranged La Liga fixture towards Osasuna, with doubts about 4 of the gamers that Hansi Flick would often have to select from.
Attributable to the truth that the match towards Osasuna is being performed on Thursday, which is on the back-end of the worldwide break, has created quite a lot of issues – and it’s no surprise that the pushed to have the fixture performed on a special date. Lower than 48 hours prior, Ronald Araujo is projected to play for Uruguay, though he might be afforded the possibility to overlook that sport towards Bolivia.
On high of this, Pau Cubarsi is an damage doubt after being compelled to withdraw from Spain obligation after struggling an ankle damage within the draw towards The Netherlands on Thursday. And that is added to by Inigo Martinez having sustained a blow to his knee previous to the worldwide break, and though he’s pushing exhausting to be match for the match on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, he’s additionally uncertain.
And by way of Andreas Christensen, he won’t be out there to face Osasuna, with Sport reporting that the match will come too quickly for him. The 28-year-old missed the complete first half of the season after present process two surgical procedures on his Achilles, and though he returned in January, he was once more dominated out with out having the possibility to make an look for Barcelona, and he can be saved ready till subsequent Sunday’s match towards Girona on the earliest.
It implies that Eric Garcia is the one pure central defender that’s undoubtedly out there to Flick, though he’ll hope to have no less than one in all Araujo, Cubarsi or Inigo again and able to face Osasuna.