Xavi hopes to recover seven injured from the derby

The national team break, which is generally considered a real martyrdom for club coaches, became a balm for Xavi Hernandez. First, because it allows him almost two weeks to start working with his men, although he still has to wait with the international players, implement his working methods, routines and blackboards, and secondly, because it gives him a margin of time to be able to heal the wounded, which she has today Eleven dispensaries.

In fact, the first to leave was guard Neto, who exercised normally on Tuesday after going through a frantic operation. Since then, six more infected people are expected to gradually join the training sessions. Among those Xavi hopes to recover right away are Nico Gonzalez, with increased load in the adductor, and Eric, with the same injury, but in a twin. Both players have minor injuries and may be in the group by Monday at the latest. Sergino Dest, who suffers from lower back pain, is also expected to recover in the next few days.

From here, there are three other players who have entered the final stage of their rehabilitation and are developing satisfactorily: Gerard Pique, Sergi Roberto and Pedri. The defender, who has injured the sole of his right leg since the match against Alaves on October 30, also points to Espanyol, while the other two cases are a bit more sensitive as they are players who have suffered setbacks.

Xavi’s idea is to be able to get Pedri and Serge back, but he won’t have to under any circumstances. The canary had relapsed more than a month before his quadriceps injury, while the second also relapsed at the end of October when he wanted to force him back, in his case also in the quadriceps muscle.

Likewise, technicians are waiting for how the ten international players who play these days for their national teams will arrive and whether there will eventually be someone infected with the FIFA virus. It must be remembered that in the last window, the victim was Ronald Araujo in Uruguay, who arrived with a hamstring injury in his left leg.

Those who have definitely been left out of the derby are Ousmane Dembele, Kun Aguero, Ansu Fati and Martin Braithwaite. Among the three, who could re-emerge first is the French winger, despite having all the reserves in the world, especially considering the long list of muscle injuries he has sustained since joining Barcelona.