Barcelona and it's infected by Covid-19
This new wave of Covid-19 continues to greatly affect all European clubs, who on a daily basis are seeing how their players are infected by this virus for which it takes them away from the club for at least fifteen days.
The situation of FC Barcelona does not seem to be easy at all in this sense, and that is how they will have to face the first game of the year, with a rather dramatic situation in the squad. As if that were not enough, all the problems that already drag in the club.
A team that seems to have no improvement in terms of football and results. This is how he now has four positive players due to Covid-19, which means that at the moment 14 drops to play his next game that will be played on January 2 against Mallorca.
New positive case for Covid-19 in Barcelona
The last Barcelona player to be known as positive for Covid-19 has been Alejandro Baldes, who has tested positive for the antigens that the footballer has performed this Tuesday morning.
Therefore, Alejandro Baldes has begun a ten-day home confinement and has also joined the list of infected players such as Jordi Alba, Dani Alves and Clement Lenglet. For now there are only four positive players in the squad, but the club's leaders fear that new names will emerge in the coming days.
This in consideration that a new variant of the virus is being presented that is much more contagious, so it is not ruled out that new players appear infected or people from the coaching staff, so the Barça club has turned on all its alarms.
No left back to face Mallorca
As if there were few problems for Barcelona led today by Xavi Hernández, two of the players positive for coronavirus are left back, this means that right now the club does not have a player of this position in its squad.
This would be forcing Xavi Hernández to propose a formation with only three defenders where Lenglet would not be either or simply go to the quarry to get a left back.
Four positive cases in Barcelona
So far only four positive cases have been known in the squad, something that started with Jordi, then continued with Lenglet and Alves and now Baldes has joined.
For tomorrow the club will be knowing the results of the PCR on the squad, so it is not ruled out that some other player will also appear positive for Covid-19.
To these four players suspended for coronavirus Xavi Hernández will have to add the losses of Gavi and Busquets against Mallorca for being sanctioned.
While in the injured it is still unknown if any of the players could be 100% recovered against Mallorca. Right now, Barcelona do not have many options, as their new signing Ferran Torres, Fati, Memphis, Sergi Roberto and Braithwaite are safe casualties.
This means that the only hopes for the coach right now is that Dest, Demir or Pedri will recover at the last minute and can be part of the squad that will play on January 2. Otherwise, everything seems to be very complicated for the Spanish club.
Barcelona only hopes that in the next few hours no more positive cases of coronavirus will be known in the squad.
This would be something that would condition the team much more, considering that it needs to score points in the league if it wants to keep up with aspirations of the European competition next season.