THE CLASSIC, NEXT OCTOBER 28
This is how Barça's infirmary looks ahead to the Classic
The FC Barcelona infirmary, until now, has not been freed up as much as FC Barcelona would have liked. Seven days before the Classic match, there are several problems for Xavi Hernández
In a week, exactly, the FC Barcelona will receive to the Real Madrid for the dispute of the first Classical of the season. The expectation is maximum by the party that will contest in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Compannys, but also the doubts and problems for Xavi Hernández that it will have to do malabares to the hour to configure his alignment to confront to the eternal rival.
In these next seven days, with two parties of by half, can happen anything, but for the moment the panorama is not very favorecedor in what to the injuries and available players refers . Waiting for confirming the high of Lamine Yamal (injury in the psoas ilíaco of the left leg) and Alejandro Balde (annoyances in the aductores), the Barça has three players that are doubt for the party and other two that to are descartados.
The three doubts of the Barça for the Classical
In the group of footballers whose presence in the Classical is difficult, but no impossible, is Pedri. It carries days training on the lawn after going in in the final stages of the recovery of his injury in the previous rectum of the right thigh, but are many the cautions. Has options to see minutes in front of the Shakhtar, but from the club think that still is very soon. It will keep the expectation.
In a similar case is to Raphinha, the one who suffers an injury in the biceps femoral of the right thigh. The initial forecast was that it was of return after the stop of selections, but now there are more doubts. The Barça is slope of his evolution, but is doubt to receive to the Real Madrid, same case of Robert Lewandowski that follows recovering of sprain in the left ankle. The optimism with his presence in the Classical was high, but has diminished in these last days. It will not go in in the announcement in front of the Athletic.
Koundé And Of Jong, descartados
On the other hand, the two players descartados are Jules Koundé and Frenkie of Jong. The French will not return to the lawn until mediated of November, while it recovers of the sprain in the internal lateral ligament of the left knee that suffered in Granada, whereas the midfield player is still in rehabilitation by the injury of the sindesmosis tibioperoneal distal of the right ankle.
