3 Pillars Of Barcelona Absent Against Cadiz, Xavi Hernandez: No Need To Think About It

Barcelona's Pedri is absent against Cadiz. (Photo: Instagram.com/@fcbarcelona)

JAKARTA - Barcelona will host Cadiz in the 32nd week of the 2021/2022 Spanish League at Camp Nou, Tuesday, April 19 morning of Indonesian Time (WIB). Ahead of the match, the Blaugrana even received bad news.

Barcelona threatened to lose a number of core players in the match later. Quoted from Football Espana, there are several players who are still entangled in injuries and card accumulation.

The first player to be confirmed absent is Pedri. He suffered an injury when Barcelona competed in the Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt. In fact, Pedri will be absent until the end of the season.

In addition, Ronald Araujo and Gerard Pique are also absent. Araujo received a one-match ban, while Pique is still sidelined with an injury.

The absence of these three players is actually not so worried about the coach, Xavi Hernandes. He already has the names of players who will fill the positions of Pedri, Araujo and Pigue.

Frenkie de Jong will fill Pedri's place. While Oscar Mingueza and Clement Lenglet will be a wall for the hosts.

The good news is that Dani Alves, who was absent from the Europa League because he was not included in the player list, is ready to go down. Likewise for Adama Traore, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Ferran Torres who are likely to fill Barcelona's attacking line against Cadiz later.

The Barcelona vs Cadiz match is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at 02.00 a.m. WIB. Three points will keep Barcelona's hopes of chasing Real Madrid awake.

Barcelona currently sits in second place with 60 points, 15 points adrift of Real Madrid who are at the top of the La Liga standings. However, the Blaugrana have two more games remaining than Madrid.