Tests on Eric, the 16th Barça player who falls injured

Another injured one more and they are three in the last two games. If they fell against Linares in the Copa del Rey Araujo due to a fracture in his right hand, for which he was operated immediately, and Frenkie de Jong due to muscular discomfort, Eric Garcia he had to retire yesterday in Granada when he noticed a puncture in the back, in the hamstring area. The medical services will carry out new tests today to determine if he will be able to travel to Saudi Arabia to play the Spanish Super Cup. Xavi will recover Ansu Fati but he will have to go over the list of the infirmary again, where there are also the positives for Covid.

Eric, who was developing a full performance, had to leave within a quarter of an hour of the second half after jumping for a ball in the center of the field. He immediately noticed the annoyance. Coronavirus aside, he is the sixteenth player who has suffered a physical mishap, counting Kun, who was discharged and later retired. Alone Busquets, Demir, Gavi, Iñaki Peña, Lenglet, Luuk de Jong, Neto, Riqui Puig and Umtiti They have not missed an official match due to injury, although some of them have due to illness. And is that Umtiti y Lenglet fell ill from gastroenteritis and Gavi he was left without playing due to coronavirus.

This losing streak began with Koeman on the bench and has continued with Xavi. The Terrassa technician arrived concerned about the medical parts and tries to reverse the situation. Still, the mishaps accumulate. The day of the derby against Espanyol arrived, and eleven games later, Covid and other diseases on the sidelines, he must have regretted the KO of Yusuf Demir, Memphis, Sergi Roberto, Dest, Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and now Eric. Some of them, like the North American side, came from not overcoming some lumbar discomfort although they had been entering the calls.

Absences that were added to those of long duration, such as Ansu’s, which fell just before Xavi’s premiere against parakeets, Braithwaite, Dembélé, Kun and Pedri. The average number of players he has not been able to count on per game is six, although the highest quota that the average out of control was in the game against Mallorca, with 14, caused by the massive contagion by Covid. The trend continued in the cup game but recovered in LaLiga. The problem is that now, in the midst of Barça’s growth, there is a Clásico against Real Madrid and a title at stake

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