When it seemed that Barcelona was beginning to empty the infirmary, with De Jong and Ansu Fati present in Mendizorroza, plus the hope that Gavi, Dani Olmo and Fermín López will join the team after the national team break, “we hope to recover players. We have to see what happens in the next two weeks,” said Hansi Flick. Ferran Torres was injured in the 3rd minute of the duel against Alavés. “We don’t know yet, but it is a muscle injury,” explained the Barça coach, who already knows that he will not be able to handle Ter Stegen and Bernal for the rest of the season, while in December he hopes to recover Christensen. Ferran Torres’ injury is a new problem for Flick, and also for Luis de la Fuente, coach of Spain.
After the list of those called up for Spain’s matches against Denmark and Serbia was known, La Roja lost three players on this day. On Saturday Carvajal’s serious injury became known, and this Sunday De la Fuente was left without Nico Williams and Ferran Torres, both with muscle problems. The Federation reported that it will not replace the Real Madrid defender, while Bryan Zaragoza and Bryan Gil will replace the Athletic and Barcelona forwards.
Ferran Torres’ injury surprised Hansi Flick, who had already begun to take care of his players. He had done it last week in the defeat against Osasuna, also in Vitoria. Koundé fell out of the starting eleven for the first time this season – “he needed to rest,” Flick said – and, despite his displeasure, Lamine Yamal was replaced in the 67th minute. The one who did not rest was Lewandowski. He did not rest in the field or outside. The Pole scored Barça’s three goals and already has 10 goals in the League. “It’s incredible. He is the best in front of goal,” Flick praised him. And Lewandowski does not forget Xavi: “Now I have good passes. That makes it easier for him to score goals. With these players we could play better. Everything that we lacked before, we have now improved.”
