Next Sunday, the Barcelona still or Real Madrid for the Spanish Championship, in a duel between leader and vice-leader at the Camp Nou. Deprived of injury in recent games, midfielder Pedri returned to training this Monday and should be on the pitch for ‘El Clasico’.
Fuck off injured last month during the match against Manchester Unitedfor the first leg of the Round of 32 of the Europa League. The player suffered an injury to the anterior straight muscle of the right thigh and had to be substituted in the first half of the duel.
In recovery, the Spanish midfielder was left out of six matches, including an elimination in the Europa League for United and the victory against Real Madrid, for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal. For the Spanish Championship, Barcelona won three of four games in this period without Pedri and opened a nine-point lead at the top.
Therefore, if they win this Sunday’s classic, Barcelona hopes to forward the conquest of La Liga by opening 12 points away from Real Madrid. However, in the event of a defeat, the merengue club reduces the advantage to six points and reopens the dispute for the title.
In addition to Pedri, coach Xavi returned from injury striker Lewandowski, who started as a starter in the last match, the 1-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao. However, an absence for the derby against Real Madrid will be striker Dembéléwho suffered a hamstring injury in January and had his return to the pitch postponed after recent tests.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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