Eric Garcia could not finish the match. In fact, he only played 45 minutes. After the break, the young center back sat on the bench, with Óscar Mingueza coming on to occupy the left center position, teaming up with Ronald Araújo.
In the club they did not give any official part, assuring that it was only prevention. In AS we can shed a little more light in the dark: Eric noticed that the back of his right thigh was overloading, and when he reported it in the locker room, Xavi decided not to force it any further to the centre-back, also seeing that the score was clearly favorable to the Blaugrana, 0-3, so Óscar Mingueza was called to start warming up hard, since he was going to jump onto the pitch in the second half.
Thus, there is no injury itself, nor is it planned that the player will be tested, because it is a minor incident, that will not prevent the player from traveling to Naples on Wednesday in the momentous second leg of the Europa League.
Although fortunately Xavi faces this game without the water up to his neck, at least if we talk about central defenders, since he recovers Gerard Piqué, who was not at Mestalla due to suspensionin addition to Araújo, who endured the 90 minutes with hardly any discomfort in his soleus, and Eric, who finally only has a small muscular overload.
For the next day of LaLiga, the coach will have other problems in defense, but this time on the wings: although he recovers Dani Alves, after a two match ban Jordi Alba falls, after completing the card cycle; everything indicates that Sergiño Dest, who completed a good game this Sunday at Mestalla, will be chosen to occupy the left wing.