Barcelona Recovers Most of Its International Players and Prepares to Face Atletico Madrid
Barcelona returned to training this morning in the Joan Gamper sports city after a day of rest, where Hans Flick managed to include all international players, except for the injured Raphinha, in preparation for Saturday's match against Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano Stadium.
This match is the first of three encounters with the Rojiblancos, followed by two European matches to determine the qualifier for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
The Spanish players, Pau Cubarsi, Pedri, Fermín López, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Juan García, Marc Bernal, along with the Polish international Robert Lewandowski, the Englishman Marcus Rashford, the Portuguese João Cancelo, the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo, and the Swede Roony Bardghji, have all returned to the team, ready to contribute to achieving an important victory in the competition for the La Liga title.
The source also indicates that Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde will be present in the match list after returning to training this week and showing positive development. The training session also included youth team players Álvaro Cortés, Tomi Márquez, and goalkeeper Diego Kochen, to support the team's preparations.
However, Hans Flick will not be able to rely on Raphinha, who is in Brazil and continues rehabilitation after his injury in the right thigh muscle, and Frenkie de Jong, who is performing rehabilitation exercises in the gym to recover from his injury in the same muscle, leaving them out of the upcoming match list.
Andreas Christensen also continues to recover from a partial tear in the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee, making Raphinha, De Jong, and Christensen the most notable absentees for Barcelona against Atletico Madrid, awaiting the full recovery of all the team's key elements.
This match is the first of three encounters with the Rojiblancos, followed by two European matches to determine the qualifier for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
The Spanish players, Pau Cubarsi, Pedri, Fermín López, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Juan García, Marc Bernal, along with the Polish international Robert Lewandowski, the Englishman Marcus Rashford, the Portuguese João Cancelo, the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo, and the Swede Roony Bardghji, have all returned to the team, ready to contribute to achieving an important victory in the competition for the La Liga title.
The source also indicates that Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde will be present in the match list after returning to training this week and showing positive development. The training session also included youth team players Álvaro Cortés, Tomi Márquez, and goalkeeper Diego Kochen, to support the team's preparations.
However, Hans Flick will not be able to rely on Raphinha, who is in Brazil and continues rehabilitation after his injury in the right thigh muscle, and Frenkie de Jong, who is performing rehabilitation exercises in the gym to recover from his injury in the same muscle, leaving them out of the upcoming match list.
Andreas Christensen also continues to recover from a partial tear in the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee, making Raphinha, De Jong, and Christensen the most notable absentees for Barcelona against Atletico Madrid, awaiting the full recovery of all the team's key elements.