A start to the week to forget for FC Barcelona. Traveling to Chelsea this Tuesday in the Champions League, the Blaugranas were disappointed and were humiliated against the Blues (3-0). A looseness which highlighted several shortcomings of Hansi Flick’s team. In addition to the defensive setbacks materialized by Ronald Araujo, sent off in the first half after a stupid foul, a glaring lack of creativity was observed in the midfield. Deprived of Pedri since the start of the month, the Culés risk finding their playing master for this weekend’s meeting against Alavés this Saturday (4:15 p.m.). Indeed, according to the latest information from Mundo DeportivoPedri was back in collective training this Friday and should be in the group this Saturday.
Information confirmed by Hansi Flick at a press conference this Friday. The German coach also took the opportunity to provide news of Araujo, who was absent from training this Friday and who will not be in the game against Alavés: “Pedri is back. He will certainly have playing time against Alavés, but not as a starter. We’ll see. He could even play a few minutes in the first half…Araujo has gastroenteritis. He is not training today and will also miss tomorrow’s game. We are all dejected. The defeat against Chelsea was difficult to take. We thought we could win. We have to remain optimistic for the next match.»
