Injury Hit Barca Change Look For Away Trip: FC Barcelona Versus Mallorca Preview, Team News And Line Up

SportsMoney Injury Hit Barca Change Look For Away Trip: FC Barcelona Versus Mallorca Preview, Team News And Line Up Tom Sanderson Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Got it! Oct 1, 2022, 04:17am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin FC Barcelona will put out a makeshift team when they face Mallorca in La Liga on Saturday Getty Images An injury hit FC Barcelona travel to Mallorca on Saturday looking to top La Liga with a win in their first game since catching a ravenous case of the ‘FIFA virus’.

The September international break couldn’t have gone worse for Xavi Hernandez, who lost no fewer than six key players to injuries including a Ronald Araujo that will miss the World Cup and need to undergo surgery, plus his defensive partner Jules Kounde and midfielder Frenkie de Jong. Due to these circumstances, Xavi is expected to put out a strange looking 3-4-3 formation for Saturday’s match due to a lack of right backs after Hector Bellerin also picked up a knock in training in recent days. Protecting Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s goal this evening should be a flat back three of Eric Garcia, Gerard Pique and Andreas Christensen from left to right.

In midfield, Gavi will play on the right wing as a central Sergio Busquets is joined by Pedri and Alejandro Balde offers width on the opposite flank as a wing back providing support for Eric. Up front, Ansu Fati is expected to be afforded his first start of the season in La Liga and should be joined by number ‘9’ Robert Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembele. FC Barcelona should line up as such against Mallorca in La Liga this weekend.

Chosen11 Reacting to the impact that injuries have had on his team after a “very controlled start” to the campaign which has been Barca’s best in five years, Xavi admitted that he has been left with a “difficult” situation to manage. MORE FOR YOU WWE Extreme Rules 2021 Results: Winners, News And Notes As Roman Reigns Beats The Demon The World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2021: Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo Reclaims Top Spot From PSG’s Lionel Messi The Good, Bad And Ugly From The Green Bay Packers’ Win Over The San Francisco 49ers “I think FIFA have a plan to have a World Cup every two years, which has been controversial, but there is a calendar where national teams are together for one-and-a-half months,” he revealed. “Then, the clubs get the players for the rest of the year.

It’s just one block with their countries. I think that would be a good solution, but it is not up to me. ” Providing they win in the late kick off in Spain, Barca can rise to the top of the table for at least 24 hours.

On Sunday, a perfect Real Madrid who have won every game thus far in 2022/2023 should carve out a routine home victory against Osasuna and return to the summit two points clear of the Catalans. Follow me on Twitter . Tom Sanderson Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.