Barcelona will lose the defender for the Catalan derby against Espanyol due to injury

Barcelona look like they won't be getting any more reinforcements from the treatment table for their Catalan derby this weekend. Espanyol return to their old home, Montjuic, this weekend, but are also facing injury problems.

According to AS Diary, Eric Garcia he was more or less ruled out of the match, having continued to train only on Thursday. He still has two training sessions to show his fitness to Hansi Flick, but they say the 24-year-old centre-back will work towards the games against Red Star Belgrade and Real Sociedad next week, which he has a good chance to do. to do.

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Likewise, Manolo Gonzalez suffered a setback Spanish. Starting midfielder Pol Lozano came on in their Copa del Rey clash against San Tirso, which they won 4-0, but was subbed off shortly afterwards with a muscle tear. They should get back Jose Gragera, who has been dealing with foot pain. Alvaro Aguado is also a contender to start instead of Lozano.

Barcelona are still without Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Marc Bernal and Ferran Torres. Things looked a lot brighter for Flick, though, with Gavi back, and Frenkie de Jong starting for his first start since returning from injury. Los Pericos face an uphill task, having kept just one clean sheet all season in La Liga, and are above the drop zone in 17th.