FC Barcelona are all set to lock horns with Valencia at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Sunday evening in La Liga, hoping to get their league marketing campaign again on monitor.
The Blaugrana had been held to a 1-1 draw by Getafe within the league final day trip, permitting Actual Madrid to open up a seven-point lead over them.
As such, Hansi Flick & co. aren’t ready to afford any extra slip-ups and will probably be desirous to get again to profitable methods within the Spanish top-flight.
Quim Junyent trains with first crew
Barcelona will go into tomorrow’s sport with out star playmaker Dani Olmo, who continues to be recovering from a calf pressure.
The 26-year-old’s return is unlikely till the La Liga conflict towards Deportivo Alaves subsequent weekend because the Catalans are taking precautions with him given his monitor report of accidents.
In consequence, Olmo was not in coaching with the Barcelona gamers right this moment however as an alternative, Flick referred to as up teenage gem Quim Junyent from the academy to take part within the session with the senior stars, experiences Mundo Deportivo.
Junyent, 17, was a part of Barça’s pre-season tour final summer time underneath Flick and bought a couple of probabilities to showcase his expertise.
A flexible midfielder, the teen is a part of the Juvenil A setup, and has two assists in six UEFA Youth League appearances this season. He has additionally appeared as soon as for Albert Sanchez’s Barça Atletic facet.
Named as one to be careful for the longer term by Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi, Junyent is held in very excessive regard on the membership.
The Spanish youth worldwide has not but been referred to as as much as a matchday squad by Flick and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see whether or not that adjustments for Sunday’s contest towards Valencia.
In the meantime, aside from Olmo, Barcelona may even be with out Marc Bernal, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Inigo Martinez for the match because of accidents.