Barcelona has for the time being a series of injury problems that have previously plagued the side, over and forced in some emergency situations. However, Hansi Flick can be forced to reconsider his line-up for their Champions League collision with Benfica in the round of 16.
The Blaugrana will travel to Lisbon for the second time in the room of two months tomorrow to compete against Benfica in the Estadio da Luz, after an exciting meeting between the two in January in the competition phase of the competition. That collision ended 5-4 to Barcelona with a late goal from Raphinha in stopping time, after he was back twice from two goals.
One of the starters that night was Gavi, but after missing the last three games without playing for a minute, the 20-year-old runs the risk of missing a fourth. According to Sport, Gavi remains sick of fever. He missed their 4-0 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday afternoon for the same reason, and the Catalan explains every day that he has not yet been fully restored. Gavi did not train with the rest of the team as a result and will therefore be a late decision for the match in Portugal.
Barcelona hopes that he can go to Lisbon on board the plane, but his chances of starting against Benfica now look slim. In addition to his fever, there is fierce competition for places in their midfield next to Pedri. Although he fought for a place, especially with Marc Casado, Frenkie de Jong has returned in shape and has recently started the majority of the competitions. Dani Olmo looks back on something like his best and disputes the position behind Robert Lewandowski with Gavi and Fermin Lopez. Olmo came to score against Las Palmas two weeks ago and took two assists against La Real last weekend.
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