Barcelona receive a major fitness boost after injury scares against Young Boys

Barcelona Central defender Inigo Martinez has insisted he is “fine” and will be available for his team’s next game despite being substituted against Young Boys due to an apparent injury.

Martinez got himself on the top scorer list in Barcelona 5-0 win about Young Boys in the Champions League on Tuesday evening, but had to be substituted in the 84th minute of the game due to a fitness problem.

There were concerns that the centre-back would be sidelined for a while due to a possible muscle problem, but the Spaniard insisted after the game that his substitution was a precautionary measure.

“I’m doing well. I will be available for the next game without any problems,” Martinez told reporters. “I could have continued, but I had been struggling with this overload for some time and we decided to make the change.”

“I hadn’t been able to score for a while and had even forgotten how to celebrate. I’m happy with the goal, but especially with the three points, because after the defeat against Monaco we definitely had to win.” .”

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Martinez will be fit for Sunday’s game against Alaves

Robert Lewandowski wetted twice while Raphinha was also on the scoresheet against Young Boys as Barcelona recovered from their goal 4:2 defeat to Osasuna in Spain’s top division.

“Nobody knows how this Champions League will work, but it’s always good to have a good goal difference and we were able to win by a big margin after losing in the first round,” Barcelona’s coach said Hansi Flick told reporters.

“We started well, but not as well as I would like. We have to start stronger, be better with our passes and improve momentum by playing as a team. But it was important to get the three points and we are happy. United.” This way we can do great things.

There was also a return to the team Frenkie de Jongwith the Netherlands international playing and replacing for the final 15 minutes of the competition Lamine Yamal in the European struggle.

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De Jong returned in time for Barcelona against Young Boys

“He put the jersey back on on the field and felt good and played again. He did a lot and ran well, he showed a good feeling when he returned,” said Flick when asked about De Jong, who was out on the field with a long-term ankle problem.

The midfielder now plans to make another appearance against Alaves in La Liga this weekend, the team’s final game before the October international break.

Despite the positive news surrounding Martinez and De Jong, Barcelona are still struggling with a number of injury problems Gavi, Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Marc-André ter Stegen And Marc Bernal on the edge.

Barcelona is at the top La Liga tableWith 21 points from the first eight games of the season, they are three points ahead of reigning champions Real Madrid.

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