Good news! Pablo Torre will be available for the Espanyol-Barça

Published:14/05/2025 - 18:40h

Updated:14/05/2025 - 18:47h

Pablo Torre will return to the Barça squad against Espanyol. The midfielder was out for the last three matches due to an ankle problem

FC Barcelona received good news this Wednesday before the match against Espanyol. Pablo Torre will be available for the visit to Cornellà-El Prat, where the team led by Hansi Flick hopes to celebrate the Liga title. A Barcelona victory or a slip-up by Real Madrid against Mallorca will be enough to consummate the culé consecration.

The player from Soto de la Marina was shaping up to be a starter against Valladolid (1-2), but he suffered a slight injury to his left ankle that prevented him from being available for the return leg of the Champions League 'semi' against Inter Milan and last Sunday's Clásico against Real Madrid.

Thus, Barça arrives at the match of matchday 36 with only two injured players in their squad: Marc Bernal and Jules Koundé. The midfielder is ruled out until the pre-season and the Frenchman still does not have a defined return date.

Barça recovers Pablo Torre for the derby, but loses Iñigo Martínez

However, the addition of Pablo Torre to the Barcelona squad contrasts with the absence of Iñigo Martínez. The Basque saw his fifth yellow card of the tournament against Real Madrid and will serve a suspension match in Cornellà. Who will be available in defense is Pau Cubarsí.

The '2' received a blow to the knee after a clash with Robert Lewandowski during Tuesday's session and set off alarms in the culé infirmary, but it was just a scare and he will be able to start on Thursday against Espanyol.

Considering that the 18-year-old defender played only 57 minutes against Madrid, he should not have problems staying in the starting XI, although he had been on the field for 105 minutes against Inter Milan (4-3).

The most likely thing is that Hansi Flick will opt for Ronald Araujo as Pau's partner, although Andreas Christensen also has good chances of entering the lineup. The Dane performed well in the second half of the Clásico and was a starter alongside the 'charrúa' in the visit to Valladolid (1-2).

In the case of Pablo Torre, the Cantabrian hopes to add his first minutes since matchday 29 against Girona (he entered 3' from the end). Previously, he played the second half of the rescheduled match against Osasuna (3-0). This 2025, the '14' had only played 12 minutes against Valencia.

In the Cup, the midfielder was a starter against Barbastro (he scored a goal and gave a pair of assists in the 0-4 thrashing) and entered in the final stretch of the match against Betis (5-1). Afterwards, he was a substitute in three matches and was left out of the squad in the first leg of the 'semi' against Atlético (4-4).

Thus, Torre barely accumulates 421 minutes of action this season. Only Pau Víctor (362') and Ansu Fati (298') have played less than him, with which the three are shaping up as fixed discards for the 25/26. Christensen (156') is the player with the fewest minutes in the squad, but the central defender was practically out all season due to injury.