If it does some days there was total convencimiento that Sergio Busquets and Andrés Iniesta could recover to time of his respective injuries to play the gone of semifinals of Glass of the King 2016-17 against the Athletic of Madrid in Vicente Calderón, the fact that they have not trained beside the rest of his mates this Monday reduces his possibilities.
The two basic pieces in the centre of the field of the FC Barcelona follow working in his respective processes of recovery, that already find in the final stage. However, it is possible that Luis Enrique do not want to risk with his physical state and do not do them play in a party of such requirement as they are always the duels in front of the rojiblancos.
We remember that the "8" of the Barça fell lesionado the past 19 January in the gone of quarter-finals of Glass against the Real Sociedad, having to be substituted to the rest by André Gomes. Regarding Busquets, lesionó after a very hard entrance of Escalante hardly three days later against the SD Eibar, in what it expected that it went an injury of long length (although fortunately it did not go like this).
The options of Luis Enrique for the centre of the field
If they could not arrive to time to contest the meeting of this Wednesday, Luis Enrique would have to go back to throw of alternatives to cover his positions in the field. In this sense, is possible that use to Mascherano like defensive pivote, whereas for the positions of interior will be able to have Rakitic, André Gomes, Denis Suárez, Burn Turan and Rafinha Alcántara, the one who already is recovered waiting for the high medical.