Barcelona celebrated the passage to a second final of the season on Wednesday evening and squeezed a Hardy Atletico Madrid side on the Metropolitano 1-0. As they return to the Catalan capital, Hansi Flick will now have to count the costs of the game.
To the surprise of many, it was that Robert Lewandowski and Gavi stayed on the couch from the start, with Fermin Lopez and Ferran Torres chosen by Flick. According to all reports, the recording of Torres was usually due to form, but in the case of Gavi it came as a surprise.
According to MD, the exclusion of Gavi was due to a fitness problem. It was just as surprising that Gavi was not sent in the second half when Flick tried to inject some energy into his side, with Frenkie de Jong to the number 10 place, a rarity for him this season. The 20-year-old apparently felt pain in global warming, as clearly seemed like at the end of the game, when Flick seemed to ask him how he felt. The Catalan daily is not sure if he will be able to make real betis in Montjuic this weekend.
That is also the case for four other players, who have received a number of serious mistakes during the game and will be assessed as soon as the adrenaline is worn out. Lamine Yamal became heavily hopping in the second half after a challenge from Clement Lenglet pulled blood. Raphinha also spent time injured on the floor after a studs -up -chain of Cesar Azpilicueta, and the ankle of Eric Garcia was also imprisoned in full flight by the studs of Nahuel Molina. In the meantime, Inigo Martinez was seen that he bowed his thigh in the last minutes of the meeting, while he seemed to be testing his leg.
Betis will be without a star playmaker Isco on Saturday, but it is a growing list of worrying for Barcelona's medical staff. Dani Olmo has been on the touchline for two weeks, while Marc Bernal, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Marc Casado and Andreas Christensen are all out of operation at the moment.
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