Barcelona ahead Raphinha will miss Sunday’s Clásico in opposition to Actual Madrid after struggling a setback in his return from a hamstring damage, a supply advised ESPN on Friday.
Raphinha, 28, has not featured since Barça’s win at Actual Oviedo on Sept. 25 however returned to coaching this week and was anticipated to be on the bench on the Bernabéu this weekend.
Nevertheless, he suffered some discomfort in Friday’s coaching session forward of the sport and can stay out of motion for the foreseeable future.
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The supply couldn’t put a precise timeframe on how lengthy, nevertheless it might be one other few weeks earlier than the Brazil worldwide is again in motion.
Raphinha’s restoration had already taken longer than anticipated, with Barça initially saying he would miss round three weeks after selecting up the knock in Oviedo.
He has now been out for a month and will not even characteristic once more earlier than the worldwide break, with Barça going through Elche, Membership Brugge and Celta Vigo after the journey to Madrid earlier than membership soccer pauses in November.
Marc-André ter Stegen, Joan García, Gavi, Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski will all miss the Madrid sport, too, whereas Jules Koundé and Andreas Christensen are health doubts.
The primary Clásico of the marketing campaign pits LaLiga‘s prime two in opposition to one another, with Madrid presently main Barça on the summit by two factors, though the Catalan facet gained all 4 conferences between the groups final season.
Barça coach Hansi Flick will be unable to observe the sport from the touchline, although, after the membership’s enchantment in opposition to his crimson card in final weekend’s in over Girona was rejected by Spain‘s Sports activities Administrative Courtroom (TAD) on Friday.
Flick was despatched off for choosing up two yellow playing cards in stoppage time, with the referee’s report saying the primary was for sarcastically applauding a choice and the second for his response to the warning.
The German coach mentioned he was truly clapping his personal participant, Frenkie de Jong, however Barça’s enchantment has been dismissed and he should watch the sport from the stands.
Because of this, Barça have introduced he is not going to give the pre-game information convention on Saturday. His No.2 Marcus Sorg will fill in.
