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Barça managed to avoid a setback on his lawn on Wednesday, after an ultra-spectacular match where he was led twice by Inter (3-3), the Catalan club will have to approach the second round by overcoming several obstacles.
Beyond a more hostile context in the lair of San Siro, the Barcelonans will above all have to apprehend this return match with a largely reduced workforce.
Jules Koundé is on the side.
The first doubt concerns Robert Lewandowski. Absent for several weeks, the Polish scorer should not be given for this second round in Italy, the Catalan press displaying its pessimism about the date of its return.
Koundé, it's over
But the major tile, in the ranks of FC Barcelona, is the injury of Jules Koundé in this first leg. Forced to leave his teammates before half-time, the French international suffers from a lesion to the femoral biceps of the left thigh, according to an official press release from the Catalan club.
Unless improbable reversal of the situation, Jules Koundé is already forfeit for the return semi-final, which will arrive very quickly since it is scheduled next Tuesday. The Iberian press evokes an absence of three weeks for French. Opposite, the Inter will also have its headache with the likely absence of its major scorer and player, Lautaro Martinez.
