Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are each counting the price of the worldwide break as they arrive into the decisive part of their seasons. The 2 sides will face off thrice in 10 days after the break, which can outline the European destiny of either side, and maybe Barcelona’s title problem too.
The most important information for Barcelona over the worldwide break was an damage to Raphinha. The Catalan giants will nearly definitely be with out their Brazilian lynchpin for the whole month of April, a big blow. Alternatively, Atletico Madrid have doubtlessly misplaced Alexander Sorloth, and might be with out Johnny Cardoso for not less than two of their conferences.
Frenkie de Jong unlikely to make La Liga conflict
As per Diario AS, Frenkie de Jong is extremely unlikely to be accessible for his or her La Liga conflict with Atletico too. The Dutchman is focusing on a return the next Wednesday at Camp Nou towards Los Colchoneros. On Wednesday, de Jong continued doing work within the fitness center fairly than out on the pitch, leaving him simply two coaching periods by which to show his health earlier than the Atletico sport, after greater than a month out. Given the importance of the fixtures after it, Hansi Flick is unlikely to take any dangers with de Jong.
Excellent news elsewhere on damage entrance for Barcelona
Nevertheless Flick could have extra choices accessible to him on Saturday than earlier than the break. Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde have each been coaching on the pitches this week, and are anticipated to be accessible, as is the case for Eric Garcia, permitting him extra flexibility to decide on his backline. All three have the potential to begin in Madrid, though the type of Gerard Martin and Joao Cancelo implies that Flick is beneath no strain to hurry all three again. Within the meantime, it appears doubtless Marc Bernal will companion Pedri in de Jong’s absence.



























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