Barcelona hosts Mallorca this Friday at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, a new opportunity to put pressure on Real Madrid, which leads the LaLiga EA Sports standings with 66 points. The blaugranas will try to close the gap of eight points, in the absence of the whites facing Celta de Vigo this day.
Xavi Hernández's team comes into the duel with significant casualties. The midfielders Pedro González 'Pedri' and Frenkie de Jong will not be there, who suffer an injury to the rectus femoris of the right leg and a sprain to the external lateral ligament of the right ankle, respectively, as reported this Monday by the Catalan club's medical services. .
Both were injured in the LaLiga match that the Barça team played this Sunday in San Mamés against Athletic Club (0-0). A wasted opportunity to close the gap with Real Madrid, who tied on their visit to Mestalla.
The injured list is extensive. So far this season, the Blaugranas have accumulated 24 injuries and only three players of the 21 members of the first team have not suffered physical problems, Iñaki Peña, Ilkay Gündogan and Fermín López.
The decisive stretch of the season for the Cules has arrived. And Xavi Hernández's men will play three league games against Mallorca, Atlético de Madrid and Las Palmas and will play for a place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Naples, on Tuesday the 12th, at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium.
The match between Barcelona and Mallorca, corresponding to the twenty-eighth round of LaLiga EA Sports, will be played this Friday, March 8, at 9:00 p.m. The meeting can be seen on television on DAZN and can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website.
