Barcelona jumped this Friday to exercise in the Tito Vilanova field of Ciutat Esportiva with the good news that the PCR tests, which were submitted on Thursday, gave negative for coronavirus, so Quique Setién will be able to count on all those available for the match against Napoli. And we say available because The Cantabrian coach will not be able to count on the sanctioned Sergio Busquets or Arturo Vidal as well as the expedited Arthur Melo, the injured Samuel Umtiti and the unregistered for the Champions, Martin Braithwaite. In total, five safe losses from the first team for the second leg of the knockout stage of the Champions League, which leaves Setien in a very precarious situation with only 14 first-team players.
They did exercise with the rest of the group Ousmane Dembélé and Ronald Araujo. The Frenchman, who completed the second training session with the group, arrives at the appointment with Naples too fair: we must not forget that we are talking about a footballer who has been almost nine months of inactivity and with a past of muscle relapses that would throw back anyone. In the case of the Uruguayan central defender, he could be discharged and enter the call after overcoming a sprained right ankle, although it is not ruled out that he has to infiltrate to arrive in better conditions.
Those who will be discharged safely after training are the French Clement Lenglet and Antoine Griezmann, who have been exercising at full capacity for days with the other teammates after overcoming injuries.
Likewise, a total of eight branch players also jumped onto the field, which surely To complete Setién's squad for the Champions League match: Ansu Fati, Riqui Puig, Oscar Mingueza, Konrad, Jandro, Monchu, Ludovic Reis and Iñaki Peña.