Samuel Umtiti wants to arrive to the duel of Champions

THE FRENCHMAN, VITAL FOR THE CHAMPIONS

The aim of Umtiti is to arrive to the one hundred by one hundred against the Lyon

Published:27/12/2018 - 22:14h

Updated:27/12/2018 - 22:14h

Samuel Umtiti follows the conservative treatment to recover of the injury of his knee, although it will take his return to the terrains of game calmly. The French does not want to lose the duel of Champions League against the Lyon, his ex team

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From it does several weeks, the FC Barcelona has topado with an important problem in the defence by the physical state of Samuel Umtiti, a player that carries two years being fundamental but that, in the present season, hardly has been able to play. The injury that has in the cartilage of his knee has prevented him play the majority of the parties.

At present, Samuel Umtiti is following a conservative treatment that has like aim avoid his go through the operating theatre, something that would suppose to lose him for all the season. By the moment, follow burning ships by this road and only will take part him quirúrgicamente if this new treatment goes back to fail.

Samuel Umtiti will encourage to the maximum to go back to play official parties what before, but will not force, since his big aim is to arrive healthy to the month of February. For these dates, there is a very expected party by the barcelonismo and very special for him: the one who will confront to the Barcelona to the Olympique of Lyon in the eighth of final of the Champions League.

The French team was the one who formed him like footballer and the one who saw him grow, triumph and turn into one of the big head offices of the European panorama. In summer of 2016, Umtiti did the maleatas to undertake his big adventure in the Camp Nou, after learning a lot of things in his natal country. Now reencontrará with them.

From the medical services of the FC Barcelona sees more positive that the defence go through the operating theatre, but the footballer does not want to be in the dry dam during months, and less with the possibility to be able to go back to play in front of the fans that him coreó during years. On 19 February it is marked in red in the calendar of the '23' culé.

If it does not arrive to time... Lenglet

By the moment, Clément Lenglet has remained the responsibility to substitute to Samuel Umtiti in the alignments of Ernesto Valverde and the true is that his big capacity of adaptation has done to forget to his compatriot. When both are to the one hundred by one hundred, will be interesting to see who remains the place at the side of the indisputable Gerard Hammered.

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