BARCELONA, 6 Apr. (SportsFinding) –
The Dutch striker Memphis Depay is the main absence in the call announced by FC Barcelona for the match that will be played this Thursday (9:00 p.m.) against the German Eintracht Frankfurt, corresponding to the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals, due to of an overload in the semimembranosus of the left thigh, according to the club.
The attacker’s last-minute loss is added to that of the American Sergiño Dest, who suffered an injury to the femoral biceps of his left thigh in the round of 16 against Galatasaray and has not yet trained under Xavi Hernández.
The coach will also not be able to count on Dani Alves as he is not registered in the continental competition, while in the case of Ansu Fati, already recovered from his injury to the proximal tendon of the left biceps femoris, he will not travel to German lands in order not to force his return to the pitch.
These losses are added to that of the injured Sergi Roberto and Samuel Umtiti, along with that of the Dutchman Luuk de Jong, who tested positive for Covid-19 last Sunday before the match against Sevilla at the Camp Nou.
Thus, the call-up of Barça is formed by Ter Stegen, Piqué, Araujo, Sergio, Riqui Puig, Dembélé, Adama, Braithwaite, Neto, Lenglet, Pedri, Jordi Alba, Ferran Torres, F. De Jong, Mingueza, Eric García, Aubameyang, Nico, Gavi, Balde and Arnau Tenas.
The Barça expedition travels to Germany this Wednesday and will train in the Deutsche Bank Park in the afternoon to finish preparing for Thursday’s game against Eintracht Frankfurt.