Follow the drama at Barça! Koundé 'breaks' against Valencia

The drama of the FC Barcelona with the injuries in the first stretch of the season seems not having end. Jules Koundé also left lesionado in the party in front of the Valency by a muscular problem, leaving his place in the field in the minute 74 to Gerard Hammered the one who, to these heights, is the only central available in the team after the drop of Eric García, the one who also lesionó in the first part in Mestalla.

🔄 Minuto 74. Kounde no puede seguir y entra Piqué pic.twitter.com/AKvEkuHTVB

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The Frenchman felt discomfort in the back of his left leg and immediately asked for the change. Piqué, who had remained on the bench despite Eric's injury, came on in his place and was at the center of the defense alongside Marcos Alonso, who had come on for '24' in the 42nd minute. With Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araújo 'KO', in addition to Sergi Roberto, Xavi will have no choice but to bet on the '3' in the Czech Republic on Tuesday against Viktoria Plzen.

In addition to the last game of the Champions League group stage, Barça have two League games remaining before the break for the World Cup. Next Saturday, the Catalans will host Almería before visiting Osasuna in Pamplona on Thursday, November 8, in the last game prior to Qatar 2022. Against Valencia, Koundé had been the best of the Blaugrana defense, leading an improvised defense with Álex Balde as right back.

The one from Paris cleared seven balls and lost another five in the 70 minutes he managed to play, according to the statistics from 'MARCA'. The 23-year-old had already missed four games for Barça due to Achilles tendon problems suffered in the last international break with France, reappearing in the Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu after a month out.

Koundé relapses from his biceps problems

The center-back had already injured the femoral biceps of his left thigh with France and, once again, the physical problems in that area prevent him from continuing. Three weeks before the start of the World Cup, Jules sets off the alarms in 'Les Bleus' and in Catalonia, where of all the injured central defenders, Andreas Christensen is the closest to returning. The Dane could rush to reappear next weekend, although he will not force himself at the risk of missing the World Cup.