muscle injury, time off and problems for Barça

BarcelonaRobert Lewandowski will not be able to play this Thursday at the Santiago Bernabéu due to discomfort in his left biceps femoris following Sunday’s match against Almeria at the Power Horse Stadium. The Polish forward, without natural relief in the Barça squad, has paid for the effort of the last few days with some physical problems that will force him to rest ahead of the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals. His absence will extend for at least two weeks, with the idea that he could reappear in the visit of Real Madrid to the Camp Nou on March 19 in the match corresponding to the 26th day of the League. The second leg of the semi-finals of the Cup against the Whites, scheduled for the beginning of April, he will certainly be able to play. The news has overtaken him Relief and Barça confirmed it minutes later via press release.

Lewandowski, who will turn 35 this August and has a contract with Barça until 2026, has played as a starter as long as he has been on the field. Now Xavi Hernández will have to improvise a guarantee attack for Thursday, because right now he only has two players available with a first team card: Raphinha Dias and Ferran Torres. Ansu Fati, in principle, should recover in time for the Chamartín appointment, as he only has a knock on his knee. On the other hand, Ousmane Dembélé is 100% ruled out due to the serious muscle injury he suffered in the Girona field. Due to this shortage of strikers, also sponsored by the recent departure of Memphis Depay to Atlético de Madrid, the Blaugrana coaches have called for training this Monday for two attackers from the base, the Argentine Lucas Román and the Barcelona Angel Alarcón Only the second has had minutes with the first team. In Almeria, in fact, he was the only Barça player to shoot between the three posts.

Three losses in weight complicate the resurgence of Barça after two defeats

The absence of Lewandowski, Blaugrana’s top scorer with 25 goals in all competitions and current La Liga underdog, is added to the aforementioned setback for Dembélé and the traumatic loss of Pedri González, who also fell a few days ago due to a quadriceps injury. The Pole is the footballer with the most goal-scoring flair in the team; the French, the one with the most imbalance per side, and the Canarian, the one who brings more imagination to the three-quarters area, where Barça must find advantages to attack better. Therefore, Xavi is forced to look for short-term solutions to compensate for three such sensitive losses. Ansu Fati and the reborn Ferran Torres are called upon to lead the scoring side, while Raphinha and Balde must step forward to gain advantages for the sides. The Pedri hole is more difficult to fill, as has been shown in recent months. Pablo Torre is the one who has a profile more similar to that of Tegueste, but the technicians do not trust him.

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