Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick has dominated out Raphinha and Ronald Araujo from their conflict with Osasuna, regardless of them each racing again from worldwide responsibility with Brazil and Uruguay respectively. Araujo didn’t characteristic for the Celeste of their 0-0 draw with Bolivia, however Raphinha performed a full 90 minutes in Brazil’s 4-1 beatdown by the hands of Argentina.
Flick famous that being not sure of Araujo’s situation although, he wouldn’t danger both participant at Montjuic on Thursday night time. Each are flying again to Barcelona at present.
“They’ve an extended flight and it’s not one of the best ways to recuperate. Ronald didn’t play within the final sport, however after his harm, we don’t understand how he skilled. We’ll see what occurs on Sunday. We now have a superb group, and what I’ve seen in coaching has been optimistic. We now have to battle for the three factors. If we win tomorrow, it is going to be a superb response.”
In the meantime Pau Cubarsi is coming off an ankle harm suffered on Spain responsibility, whereas Inigo Martinez was dominated out of motion for La Roja earlier than the break after a knee challenge. The previous returned to coaching on Wednesday, whereas Martinez was again in motion from Monday.
“Eric [Garcia] and Inigo will play as heart backs. Pau will probably be on the bench. It’s higher for him to have a pair extra days as a result of he wants it. The harm isn’t critical, however it’s good that he has extra days. If we had wanted him, he would have performed.”
Little question Flick would have been irritated to see Pedri, Ferran Torres and Jules Kounde all take part in additional time for Spain and France respectively within the Nations League too.
Raphinha endured a nightmare on the Monumental as Brazil suffered their worst-ever World Cup qualifier defeat, dropping 4-1 to Argentina. @joaquimpiera
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“I’m solely serious about this week. The gamers from Spain, France, and the Netherlands must recuperate. As we speak they’d their first full session. That is how it’s, and it’s not the perfect state of affairs for them, however they’re professionals. I’m actually proud of them, I didn’t discover any distinction from these gamers, they skilled very well. This group is unimaginable; they recuperate very effectively and are skilled.”
There has additionally been an harm doubt over Robert Lewandowski, who got here off the bench for Poland on Tuesday night time towards Malta. He had acknowledged that he felt in higher form than when the worldwide break began.
“He’s able to play, we’ll determine tomorrow if he begins. He feels good, and it’s a superb state of affairs for us. Ferran can be in actually good condition, so it’s actually excellent news.”
The headline from the press convention was undoubtedly written in his first reply although, as he complained concerning the scheduling in Spain, feeling different nations shield their groups extra. Apart from Araujo and Raphinha, it does look as if Flick can have the entire gamers that left on worldwide responsibility out there to tackle Osasuna at 21:00 CEST on Thursday.