Hansi Flick confirms three injury returns for Barcelona after Raphinha blow – ‘He was very down’
Hansi Flick confirms three injury returns for Barcelona after Raphinha blow – ‘He was very down’ Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has confirmed the return of Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde from injury, following over a month out of action. However the loss of Raphinha, against what Flick described as ‘one of the best teams in Europe’, has somewhat soured the return from the international break for the Catalan side. Kounde and Balde are set to be joined by Eric Garcia, who has also missed games through injury recently.
It provides Flick with far more options in defence, but Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong is yet to return to training with his teammates. “The good news is that we have Kounde, Balde, and Eric back. With Frenkie, he’ll be able to start training with the group next week.
But one step at a time. We must wait. ” Raphinha given time off to ‘clear his mind’ Barcelona’s record is significantly worse without Raphinha in the side this season, and he has been in and out of the team all season with several injuries.
He is set to return to Barcelona on Sunday, after being given time off in Brazil before starting his recovery . “There are no guilty parties. It’s an injury, and that’s part of football; we have to accept it.
It hasn’t come at the best time, which saddens us, and now we’ll have to see how we manage it, we have a lot of players. ” “These things happen. He went to Brazil.