Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay finished Saturday's game against Athletic in San Mamés because of two blows. On ACE We have already advanced that they were minor setbacks and that the presence of both was not in danger in the face of Sunday's game against Getafe at the Camp Nou. In fact, Memphis already exercised on Wednesday with the group after having spent two days doing specific work, while Frenkie has done it this Friday, after completing a three-day prevention and recovery work.
Thus, the two fittest players against Athletic will be available for matchday three. Not like this, Gerard Piqué, who due to an elongation in the soleus of the left leg, will have to rest, as neither will Eric Garcia, that he will fulfill his penalty game after being sent off when he saw the direct red in San Mamés.
Aside from these two significant casualties, we must add that of the canary Pedri, with the permission of the club, after a very intense season, where he has played 75 games, between Barcelona and La Roja. Both Koeman and Luis Enrique have released him so that he can enjoy at least two weeks of well-deserved rest.
In any case, the Dutch coach could recover up to three playerss for Sunday's game: the goalkeeper Ter Stegen, the defender Mingueza and the striker Coutinho. The first is already in the final stretch after undergoing surgery for the patellar tendon three months ago, the second has already been exercising with the group for a week after overcoming a hamstring injury, and the third, is about to enter a list after almost nine months out with a meniscal injury.
The confirmed casualties for the game against Getafe, apart from the aforementioned Pedri, Piqué and Eric, they are the injured Dembélé, Agüero and Fati.