Barcelona are dealing with a gruelling schedule popping out of the worldwide break beginning with the rescheduled La Liga fixture in opposition to CA Osasuna on March 27.
Lower than 72 hours later, the Catalans will likely be in motion once more within the league as they tackle native rivals Girona within the Catalan derby.
The scheduling has created some concern at Barça given the short turnaround between matches and the potential lack of availability of key gamers like Ronald Araujo and Raphinha on account of worldwide commitments.
Flick’s plan to take care of the fixture schedule
As such, SPORT studies that contemplating the tight schedule and participant fatigue, Flick is planning to subject two very totally different beginning lineups for the matches in opposition to Osasuna and Girona.
Heavy rotations incoming. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photos)
Flick started preparations for the upcoming video games on Monday, however with a depleted squad. Barça solely welcomed again three gamers from the Spanish U21 squad on Monday whereas immediately noticed plenty of different internationals return to coaching.
Robert Lewandowski is predicted to be again on Wednesday whereas each Araujo and Raphinha later within the night, leaving little or no time for the duo to organize for the sport.
As such, there will likely be adjustments made to the lineups for each video games. On Thursday, gamers resembling Eric Garcia, Fermin Lopez, and Ferran Torres are prone to begin. Against this, Sunday’s conflict might even see the return of Araujo and Raphinha.
There may be additional rotations on Thursday, doubtlessly resting key gamers resembling Pedri or Jules Kounde, who had been closely concerned throughout the worldwide break.
With a demanding recreation in opposition to Atletico Madrid on 2nd April (Copa del Rey semi-final second leg), Flick is ready to rotate closely to maintain his squad contemporary for the journey to the Metropolitano.