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Relief for Barcelona as the 19-year-old star trains normally after the injury scare against Osasuna

Relief for Barcelona as the 19-year-old star trains normally after the injury scare against Osasuna

Barcelona suffered their first defeat of the 2024/25 La Liga season on Saturday evening, losing 4-2 away at CA Osasuna.

Hansi Flick opted for extensive rotations in the starting eleven – a decision that may have cost a lot of money in the end Blaugrana at night.

In one of the rotations, young defender Sergi Dominguez was deployed alongside Pau Cubarsi in central defense while Inigo Martinez took a break.

But that La Masia In the end, the youngster had a game to forget as he failed to stay on top of things and even conceded a penalty in the second half, at a time when Barça appeared to be getting back into the game.

No injury

In the 85th minute of the game, Hansi Flick decided to take Sergi Dominguez off the field and replace him with Hector Fort.

No injury for Dominguez. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images)

Following his substitution, reports emerged that the 19-year-old centre-back was struggling with a muscle strain in his right leg, which raised some concerns, particularly given that Barcelona are already struggling with several injury absences.

However, Barça can breathe a sigh of relief Mundo Sports reports that Dominguez trained normally with the rest of the group today and showed no signs of obvious injury or discomfort.

In fact, a day after the defeat against Osasuna, the 19-year-old central defender, along with the rest of his teammates, completed the recovery work without any problems, suggesting that there is no injury.

Even though the youngster had a difficult performance last night, he has shown enough signs of potential in his performances so far.

With Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen unavailable for a long period of time and Flick using Eric Garcia in midfield, the coach will rely on Dominguez in the coming weeks.

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