Football is returning to normal and while Cubarsí returns to club discipline after playing his first two games with the national team at just 17 years old, Pedri is trying to recover his routine with Barcelona. The canary is the mirror that the Federation and Barcelona look at so that Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal do not suffer the overexertion that he had to make in 2021, his first season in the elite, to chain the Euro Cup and the Olympic Games.
Pedri was not the only one who doubled in the great events of that summer. Unai Simón, Eric García, Pau Torres and Dani Olmo also did it. And none of them suffered the terrible physical consequences that the canary still suffers. Enough to convince the Federation and Barcelona that it should not be repeated. And the only Barça representatives in De la Fuente’s squad were two footballers who have not yet reached the age of majority. Cubarsí is 17 years old and Lamine, one younger.
They return from their commitments with the national team and Pedri begins to train on the grass, but apart from the rest of the group. The midfielder suffered a rectum injury during the League match his team played against Athletic in San Mamés at the beginning of this month and he has now missed 23 games this season. Not counting those from the national team, because injuries have prevented him from being called up by Luis de la Fuente since he took over. It’s been a year since the Rioja coach made his debut on the Red bench, but Pedri has never been able to be on one of his lists.
Barcelona plays on Saturday against Las Palmas and, although the championship is far away, they will try to gain strength in second place that will allow them to at least compete in the Super Cup next year.
Since losing against Villarreal and Xavi announcing that he was leaving the club at the end of the season, Barcelona has not lost a game. He has played eight League games and has won six and lost two. And in the Champions League they tied in the first leg against Naples and then defeated them on their field.
Xavi’s departure has served as a stimulus to the team, which has scored 17 goals and conceded only five. Something that also has to do with the return of Ter Stegen, who has not conceded a goal in the last five league games. The German was neither in the elimination of the Cup against Athletic nor in the home defeat against Villarreal.
Madrid, on Sunday
Real Madrid returns to activity on Sunday against Athletic. He will not be able to count on Vinicius, who received his fifth yellow card in the last game and is suspended. The Brazilian has been the protagonist this week in the match between Spain and Brazil with the fight against racism in the background, but he will have two weeks of rest from the friendly at the Bernabéu until his return to the pitch to face Manchester City in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League final. A challenge for him and for Real Madrid.
Gil Manzano whistles again
Since he whistled the end of the game when Bellingham headed home the goal that would have given Real Madrid victory in Valencia, Gil Manzano has not refereed a First Division match. That was last March 2, but this week he returns to the Spanish fields to direct one of the important matches of the weekend, Girona-Real Betis. However, the Extremaduran referee has had international activity. He was the fourth referee in the Sparta Prague-Liverpool Europa League match and in the Georgia-Luxembourg play-off match for the Euro Cup. And he directed the France-Germany friendly. The return to LaLiga EA Sports, this weekend.
2024-03-29 01:26:41
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