Barça's plague of injuries continues. Now Jules Koundé. The French centre-back had to be substituted just before half-time after damaging his left knee after Gavi accidentally fell on him. A first impression suggests that he suffers a sprain, although more tests will have to be carried out this Monday.
Barcelona is almost injured per game. If in Do Dragao Xavi Hernández's team lost Robert Lewandowski for the next few weeks this Sunday in Los Cármenes, the bad luck went to Jules Koundé, who had to be substituted on the brink of half-time. Like Frenkie de Jong against Celta and Lewandowski against Porto, Koundé was treated and then tried to continue on the field.
But he quickly saw that he could not continue and angrily hit the grass as a sign of frustration.
In a short squad Xavi has multiplied problems. Before Lewandowski, who is a serious doubt for the classic, and Koundé fell Raphinha in Montjuïc against Sevilla. The Brazilian is suffering a fibrillar tear and will attempt to return either against Athletic on October 22 or against Madrid on October 28.
And before Raphinha, the one who entered the infirmary was the Dutchman De Jong, who was injured against Celta. The midfielder suffered a distal tibiofibular syndesmosis in his right ankle and will find it very difficult to return against Madrid.
The one who does hope to be in the classic is Pedri, who was injured with another muscle tear on August 24 during training.
