On Saturday, FC Barcelona won 5-2 against Betis, one of the best teams in La Liga at the moment, and who also started their Champions League campaign very well. A difficult trip well negotiated for Hansi Flick’s troops, who now have a record of 11 victories in as many matches this season, between La Liga and European competition. Enough to arrive at this colossal shock against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday with solid arguments to hope to worry and bring down the reigning double European champion.
However, despite this great victory in Andalusia, this weekend was quite complicated for the Spanish champion, who will not arrive in Paris in optimal conditions. First problem: if Luis Enrique will have to cope without Nuno Mendes, Hansi Flick faces a slaughter in defense, with three injured, including two starters. Namely Eric Garcia, holder on the right side and already officially outand Gerard Martin, sidekick of Pau Cubarsi in the central hinge, for the moment uncertain. Jules Koundé, Garcia’s understudy on the right, is also HS as indicated by the club. Suffice to say that with the confirmed withdrawals of the Frenchman and Eric Garcia, Flick will cross his fingers that Martin can be there. Knowing that Christensen is also injured.
A half-decimated defensive sector
Gabriel Jesus would also have ended this clash against Betis with certain physical problems, even if his possible absence would be a little less detrimental for Barça given the solutions available to Flick up front. Players who are still uncertain will undergo additional tests in the coming hours, and the club’s staff should be confirmed during the day on Monday. And that’s not all, since even for the players who have no physical problems, the preparation for this match was not ideal, and they were not able to fully rest. While they had planned to return to Barcelona on Saturday evening after the match, the weather conditions forced the Barcelona group to stay in Seville for the night.
Barça arrived in Catalonia on Sunday, a little before 3 p.m., although they were initially supposed to be back a little before 1 a.m. As a result of the races, Hansi Flick had to completely review his plans, having planned a training session for this Sunday. The players finally did a short muscle recovery session in the gym. They barely have time to pack their bags at home before they leave directly, since they will already be taking the plane again Monday morning, at 10:30 a.m., to go to Paris. Not the best preparation before such a match…
