Barcelona will face certainly one of their most essential matches of the season on Saturday evening as they tackle Atletico Madrid at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Montjuic.
Having dropped factors fairly continuously within the league over the previous weeks, the Blaugrana have allowed Diego Simeone’s males to catch as much as them within the desk, with each groups degree on factors whereas the Rojiblancos also have a recreation in hand.
As such, there’s merely no room for error for the Catalan giants once they take the sector tomorrow in what will probably be their remaining match earlier than the mid-season break.
No Hector Fort in coaching
Nevertheless, heading into Saturday’s contest towards Atletico Madrid, Barcelona could should make do with out certainly one of their youthful abilities in Hector Fort.
Certainly, based on journalist Victor Navarro, the 18-year-old right-back isn’t coaching with the remainder of the crew in the present day.
Constructing on that, SPORT stories that {the teenager} is coping with some muscular issues and as such is out of tonight’s recreation towards Atletico Madrid.
Hector Fort not in coaching in the present day. (Photograph by Eric Alonso/Getty Photos)
Fort has been a daily within the first-team squad this season though minutes have been arduous to return by for the younger defender.
Thus far this time period, the 18-year-old has performed ten first-team matches, accumulating rather less than 300 minutes within the course of.
With Jules Kounde locking down the right-back place, it has not been simple for Fort to get a run within the crew.
And whereas it was extraordinarily unlikely that he would have featured towards Atletico Madrid tomorrow, he has now been dominated out of the competition as he didn’t prepare with the remainder of the crew in the present day.
Barcelona are already with out three gamers by harm in Lamine Yamal, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Marc Bernal for the sport.
Though Andreas Christensen has returned to full coaching, it’s unlikely that he will probably be included within the squad for the conflict towards Los Colchoneros.
Ansu Fati, nevertheless, may obtain his medical clearance for tomorrow’s recreation.