FC Barcelona Provides Update on Evolving Health Conditions and Preparations for Friendly Games

FC Barcelona has made a statement official that it has published on its website announcing that the footballers of the first team, as well as the members of the staff affected by viral gastroenteritis, are evolving favourably. In addition, another of the points that the blaugrana entity wanted to highlight is that no new cases have been detected in the dressing room in the last few hours, so there is optimism to play the next friendly.

“In the double training session scheduled for this Monday, the majority of the affected players are expected to participate. Before the game against Arsenal, the Barça squad will have yet another preparatory session that will help Xavi to continue recovering troops,” added Barcelona regarding the commitment that will take place at dawn this Thursday between FC Barcelona and Arsenal.

Several footballers will be a doubt for the match

The Blaugrana team, which canceled its friendly against Juventus on Saturday because several of its players suffered from gastroenteritis, initially had training on its agenda for this Sunday that will no longer be held after what happened this weekend. Barça shared a message on their social networks on Saturday to make it clear that they hope to play their second friendly of this preseason, which is scheduled for this Wednesday the 26th at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (USA) against Arsenal.

After the duel against Arsenal, the blaugrana’s calendar includes a classic in Dallas against Real Madrid on Saturday, July 29, and a final friendly in Las Vegas on August 1 against Milan. By then, Íñigo Martínez and Alejandro Balde point to casualties because to date all the training sessions they had done were being done apart from the rest to recover from their respective injuries.

In addition to Balde, the names of Eric García, Koundé and Oriol Romeu, some of the footballers who had suffered from viral gastroenteritis, came to the fore, as reported by Adrià Albets, Cadena SER’s special envoy to Barça’s preseason for the United States.

2023-07-23 23:37:00
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