Barcelona misplaced one other of their starters to damage on Tuesday evening, after Dani Olmo went down with a shoulder damage. Nevertheless the optimistic information for the Catalan giants is that his competitors for the place might be again quickly, within the type of Fermin Lopez.
, however the Blaugrana have determined in opposition to surgical procedure for the Spain worldwide. It does go away a vacant gap within the function behind the ahead in Hansi Flick’s common system. That was evidenced by the introduction of teen Dro Fernandez at a important stage in opposition to Atletico Madrid.
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Fermin Lopez brings ahead return from damage
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The excellent news is that Fermin needs to be again from damage shortly. The 22-year-old suffered a calf damage final week after defeat to Chelsea, and was . That will have saved him out of their subsequent three video games, with a return in opposition to Osasuna on the playing cards on the 14th of December. Now although, report that he’s anticipated to be again in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt subsequent Tuesday within the Champions League, with Barcelona in determined want of three factors.
Whereas it’s just a few days distinction, given the magnitude of the sport, even when Lopez can solely make the bench, Hansi Flick might be delighted to have him.
Barcelona aiming to win out within the Champions League
The Blaugrana are presently sat on simply seven factors from their 5 European outings, three factors outdoors the highest eight in 18th. With the intention to skip the play-off spherical, Barcelona will probably want 9 factors and a few luck in opposition to Eintracht (H), Slavia Prague (A) and FC Copenhagen (H). Barcelona might be with out Olmo and Lopez for at the least their away tie with Actual Betis this weekend, the place Flick might flip to Raphinha, Ferran Torres, Pedri and even teen Dro to fill in.