The worst defeat in Bilbao, for most Catalans, was not to have won the second title in just one week. Or see how there was no sign of improvement in the game that was intuited in Saudi Arabia against Madrid. No. The worst part was seeing it again Barcelona vs Real Madrid, free, online, without ads, Spanish Super Cup | Spanish League”>Ansu Fati leave the field early with tears of rage.
The Masia has not only inherited Messi’s 10th but also the hopes of the Catalans. As if the bib was a suit with superpowers. And when he is on the field he proves it. He scores one goal every two games. The problem is that he has only been able to play 10 of them and this course has already had three relapses.
The injuries are the kryptonite of the young talent, who since his debut with the first team has suffered nine and lost 65 games due to physical problems. He returned to the Super Cup and with his goal against Madrid made him dream not only of going to the final and ending the streak of defeats in the Classics (five in a row), but in which of his hand the crossing of the desert could be shorter.
But the recurring nightmare was relived in San Mamés, where he goes resent the biceps femoris of the left thigh. In the same zone in which it fell to Balaídos, and that had it two months without playing. Xavi, who had wanted to dose it by giving him the last half hour of the match, saw how it was broken again at the beginning of extra time. The hug he gave to Ansu was reminiscent of Frank Rijkaard’s Messi in 2006 at Chelsea., when a young Leo walked away heartbroken to see that he was chaining injury after injury.
“Pedri’s injury doesn’t seem important, but we’ll see what happens to Ansu. He was very affected,” Xavi said after the clash, seeing how the two pillars of the reconstruction were cracking again in the Cathedral. Whereas, if there is no other mishap, the Canarian midfielder will be able to play against Alava on Sunday, the Barcelona coach will take much longer to be able to count on the other Barça pearl.
The first explorations spoke of between four and six weeks off. Following tests on Friday, the club reported that he had an injury to the proximal tendon of the biceps femoris of his left thigh. “In the next few days it will be decided what treatment to follow,” the club said, without specifying the period of leave and opening the door to go through the operating room again.
