Some discomfort in Mapi León's cervical area that prevents him from practicing sports confirms the plague of injuries at Jonatan Giráldez's Barcelona. With the Spanish central there are already 11 injured in the squad. She joins the already known Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmatí, Jana Fernández, Asisat Oshoala, Bruna Vilamala, Cata Coll, Laia Codina, Marta Torrejón, Ingrid Engen and Nuria Rábano as well as Salma Paralluello who this morning will play the final of the U-20 World Cup. 20 with Spain against Japan.
As for Mapi León, the Barça medical statement specifies that the center-back is low and is awaiting progress, which is why it is low for the two matches of the Spanish National Team, undefeated and undefeated leader of group B, which will close the qualifying phase for the World Cup 2023 in Las Rozas, against Hungary on Friday, September 2 and Ukraine on Tuesday, September 6. Rocío Galvez, Real Madrid center back is his substitute. Galvez will meet with the rest of the team this Monday, August 29, at the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas.
Mapi León is one of the key pieces of Barça. She formed a couple with Irene Paredes at the center of the defense, she was present at the Joan Gamper Trophy in the 6-0 against Montpellier, being one of the most applauded. She also played this Saturday in the last preseason test against UDG Tenerife. It was precisely the Zaragoza native who scored the final goal in the penalty shootout (1-1, 2-4), which gave the Blaugrana the title in the Teide Trophy.
At the moment, the Barça coach only has 11 players from the first team available. Cloths, Walls, Pina, Crnogorčević, Mariona, Graham, Patri Guijarro, Lucy Bronze, Rolfö, Geyse and Gemma Font. The coach is counting on being able to recover some players like Aitana Bonmatí for the beginning of the course. The Blaugrana will begin the defense of their domestic title on the weekend of September 10 at Levante Las Planas, a team recently promoted to the Women's First Division.
