The drama continues in the Barça infirmary: Casadó is doubtful against Real Sociedad

FC Barcelona continues to have mixed fortunes with muscle injuries in recent hours. Against Real Sociedad, the Azulgrana team hopes to recover Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde, but has lost Raphinha and Joan García, both absent due to injury for at least 3 and 4 weeks, respectively. To them can be added Marc Casadó.

The player from St. Pere de Vilamajor could not train, as a precaution, with the group in Saturday's session, the last before the clash against the team from San Sebastian, due to muscular problems. The '17' was a starter against Real Oviedo (1-3), a match in which he only played the first half.

In principle, Casadó is expected to return to the bench against Real, as Frenkie de Jong clearly surpasses him in form in recent months. Against Oviedo, the Dutchman provided the assist for the second 'culé' goal, scored by Robert Lewandowski with a header.

Marc Casadó could rest in the Barça-Real Sociedad match

Marc Casadó training at the Ciutat Esportiva.

In that sense, it is likely that Hansi Flick will opt to give the Spanish midfielder a rest if his discomfort persists in the hours leading up to matchday 7 of LaLiga. Marc has accumulated 211 minutes of action spread over 5 matches (3 of them as a starter), with an assist in the thrashing of Valencia (6-0) a couple of weeks ago.

In addition to Frenkie, Flick has Marc Bernal as an alternative for the pivot position. Eric García himself can lend a hand as a '5', in cases of emergency, as well as Andreas Chrisensen. Bernal already made his debut against Valencia, providing an assist at the end and needs to add minutes in league matches to regain competitive rhythm.

For the moment, in addition to Raphinha and Joan García, Gavi, Fermín López and Ter Stegen will also be absent against Real Sociedad, waiting to see if Balde receives medical clearance in time to enter the squad on Sunday. In any case, both Álex and Lamine would go to the bench against the 'txuri urdines'.

Hansi Flick rules out a drama due to injuries at Barça

In the press conference prior to matchday 7 of La Liga, Hansi Flick confirmed the return of Lamine Yamal and referred to the recent plague of injuries affecting the Barça squad. For the German, it is normal that there are so many muscular problems due to the demanding schedule.

"We are analyzing the situation, what has been done in the days before, to see if we find any cause. It is our job, we have a great team and we are going to analyze everything to see what we get out of it," the coach pointed out.

Since the beginning of the pre-season, in mid-July, nine players from the Azulgrana team have suffered muscular problems, waiting to confirm whether or not Casadó suffers an injury that prevents him from being on the bench against Real Sociedad.

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