"Barcelona and Hansi Flick are in a tricky situation, one that potentially sees the team's season collapse early on. With not even half the season past him, the manager already stares at a situation where he has never had a fully fit squad at his disposal. What makes matters worse is that the players who have been sidelined for long are all the same names who were pillars of the team last season - Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Dani Olmo and now Pedri."
"Flick & co., after all, are in a vicious cycle where they must rotate to avoid injuries, while at the same time having to field the same players without rotation because injuries leave them with no option. Further, the pressure of having to win every game at a club like Barcelona does not give Flick a lot of breathing space, reducing rotations and exacerbating the situation."
Barcelona is suffering recurring injuries that have sidelined key players from last season, including Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Dani Olmo and Pedri. An internal assessment identified a hectic schedule, accumulated fatigue from the previous campaign, national team workloads and insufficient workload management as primary causes. The squad faces a rotation paradox: managers must rotate to prevent injuries but are forced to field the same players because of limited options when injuries occur. Recent partial recoveries have been offset by new setbacks, leaving the coaching staff and management with a serious problem to resolve.
Read at Barca Universal
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]