Quote from: borovichok on Today at 06:23:07 AM

Quote from: Bobrox on Today at 02:15:18 AM

Barcelona got bad news last night after two main players Frankie de Jong and Pedri have out on first half match against Athletic Bilbao after serious injured when potential will absent for the second leg match in Champion League against Napoli. Its very bad news because Barcelona position not comfort yet with the first leg match is draw and I don't think who will be compete for replacing both midfielder crucial position for Barcelona.
Left one week later before facing Napoli but I don't sure between Pedri and Frenkie de Jong will get faster recovery from injury, Xavi Hernandez must looking other alternatives for replacing both of them position and can perform well. Upcoming match in domestic league against Real Sociedad, Xavi must take care their players without injury yet or losing opportunity for defeating Napoli.

Barcelona supporters are sad. When I heard the news, I immediately thought about the UEFA Champions League. They will now have to compete for a berth, since facing Napoli will not be a simple assignment for Blaugrana. After all, Xavi Hernandez will leave the club at the end of the season, so he will not face any more challenging trials. Barcelona key players have been injured, which is an enormous blow to the team's performance. The president will figure out how to improve the players' performance this season, but it appears that will not happen sooner than expected.

Barcelona will face an average side, Mallorca next and we know what it means because these numerous mediocre teams are no longer settling for lower results. Mallorca humbled Girona with a 1 nil victory and that's the specified opposition pulling up against Barcelona. They're keeping high hope on these elite tournaments but caught their expectations short since that decided injury happen last night. The big question is how will the entire team cope? Can they be able to nailed the big winnings or rather go further to fight for top four.

there is still more than a week for these two players to recover from their injuries and they really hope they recover quickly to be able to help Barcelona continue their positive trend in UCL matches.
It is very sad to see Barcelona current condition as it is being attacked successive problems such as financial problems and injured players starting with Gavi who was seriously injured and currently De Jong and Pedri are also injured while Barcelona really has a shortage of players at the moment.
Xavi is under intense pressure at the moment and has to try to rotate the players to get perfect results and yesterday's draw in the domestic league for me was a good result to maintain consistency rather than losing points.
fortunately, Bacelona after this only played against small teams that were far below them, so Xavi would have no difficulty rotating his players to still get a win or at least a draw.

and for the UCL match later, if De Jong and Pedri are forced to recover, maybe Xavi will use an option like last year, including Sergi Roberto as a substitute for De Jong or as a substitute for Pedri, but he is not sure whether Xavi will still use Sergi Roberto because there is no other choice when he is short player.
I'm a little doubtful that if Barcelona loses these 2 players in the UCL match, it looks like it will be difficult to qualify for the next round.