Ansu Fati, Eric García and Nico González, casualties in FC Barcelona and Spain

The match against Celta de Vigo not only left FC Barcelona a bad taste for not taking advantage of a 3-0 lead and ending up drawing 3-3, but also because they suffered three sensitive casualties for the next matches: they are about the forward Ansu Fati, defender Eric García and midfielder Nico González.

Ansu Fati suffers from a “muscle injury to the biceps femoris of the left thigh”, Informed the Catalan club in a statement. The attacker “is low” and, according to the party, “evolution will mark his availability.”

Fati, who scored the first goal of the match, got injured in one of the last actions of the first half, after starting to get away from the Celta centrals. Barça’s scorer he threw himself onto Balaídos’ lawn and quickly reached for the back of his left leg.

Eric García was another of the players who could not continue on the pitch against Celta. The defender ended the first part of the game with discomfort and for the second half he was replaced by the Uruguayan Ronald Araujo.

According to the medical statement issued by FC Barcelona, ​​the former Manchester City player he suffered “an overload in the calf of the right leg.”

The lesions will prevent both players from attending the Spanish national team, to play the two qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup against Greece and Sweden. Both Ansu Fati and Eric García had been called up by Luis Enrique, who already called Raúl De Tomás (Espanyol) and Diego Llorente (Leeds United) to replace them.

For his part, the young midfielder Nico González suffered “an overload in the adductor of the left thigh”, an injury that prevented him from continuing in the game and being replaced in the 57th minute by Riqui Puig.

In his case, the youth squad will not join the Spanish under-21 team and will stay in Barcelona making a recovery to put himself, as soon as possible, under the orders of the new coach, Xavi Hernández. (D)