{"id":17287,"date":"2022-05-06T12:01:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/06\/xavi-confirms-another-barcelona-fitness-concern-before-betis\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:01:39","slug":"xavi-confirms-another-barcelona-fitness-concern-before-betis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/06\/xavi-confirms-another-barcelona-fitness-concern-before-betis\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavi confirms another Barcelona fitness concern before Betis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has, on Friday, confirmed that a key member of his first-team setup may be forced to sit out the club\u2019s next outing.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question? Marc-Andre ter Stegen.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a press conference this afternoon, Xavi was asked for an update on the fitness levels in his squad, amid a campaign which has been far from kind to the Blaugrana on the personnel front.<\/p>\n<p>And the club\u2019s boss went on to reveal that shot-stopper ter Stegen missed training today, after coming down with a bout of illness:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Xavi: \u201cAbout Ter Stegen, we\u2019ll see tomorrow \u2013 he wants to play, but today he didn\u2019t feel well and hasn\u2019t trained\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a> ???<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reshad Rahman \u2706 (@ReshadRahman_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReshadRahman_\/status\/1522533359074922501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Xavi, as expected, also went on to confirm Gerard Pique\u2019s impending absence this weekend, after the veteran stopper picked up a thigh injury during Barca\u2019s win over Mallorca last weekend:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Xavi: \u201cPiqu\u00e9 has an injury in his left thigh, he will not be there tomorrow. It\u2019s a pity because he is such an important player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Universal (@BarcaUniversal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarcaUniversal\/status\/1522552656648183811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Betis next up<\/h2>\n<p>The latest pair of fitness concerns in Barcelona\u2019s squad of course come ahead of the Catalan giants\u2019 return to action in a little over 24 hours\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off the back of a return to winning ways at the expense of the aforementioned Mallorca, Xavi and co. will make the trip to the Estadio Benito Villamarin, for a La Liga showdown with Real Betis.<\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana head into the clash sitting 2nd in the Spanish top-flight, albeit a full 15 points adrift of arch rivals Real Madrid, officially crowned as champions last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/barcelona-prepping-transfer-pathways-for-leeds-united-star-raphinha\/\">Barcelona consider transfer pathway for relegation-threatened Leeds United star Raphinha<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/real-betis-vs-fc-barcelona-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\">Real Betis vs Barcelona betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has, on Friday, confirmed that a key member of his first-team setup may be forced to sit out the club\u2019s next outing. The player in question? Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Speaking in a press conference this afternoon, Xavi was asked for an update on the fitness levels in his squad, amid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-17287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}