Robert Lewandowski will be able to enjoy a few days off before joining the blaugrana discipline after passing through the World Cup in Qatar. As AS has learned, the Polish striker will have ten days’ leave: his return is scheduled for next Wednesday, December 14. Two days before, On Monday the 12th, the internationals who lost in the World Cup group stage will join the group: the German goalkeeper Marc André Ter Stegen and the Danish defender Andreas Christensen.
For Lewandowski, there is a return with some suspense as he awaits the final decision taken by the TAD on the three-game sanction that the Competition Committee ruled for his gestures after seeing the second yellow card and being sent off in the match against Osasuna in The Sadar. As of today, and if the approval is not given to the precautionary measure that has claimed the legal services of FC Barcelona, Lewandowski will miss the LaLiga matches against Espanyol, Atlético de Madrid and Getafe.
This week Xavi Hernández will face training sessions that are practically at minimum, having only five players available: Marcos Alonso, Héctor Bellerín, Pablo Torre, Iñaki Peña and Sergi Roberto, after receiving a medical discharge this Monday. In addition, two more players are recovering apart from their injuries: Ronald Araújo and Franck Kessié.
As of today, and in the absence of the last batch of matches of the round of 16, in which Spain participates, FC Barcelona has a total of five internationals already classified for the quarterfinals: Raphinha (Brazil), Memphis Depay and Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands), and Ousmane Dembélé and Jules Koundé (France). If Spain is finally able to eliminate Morocco, the total number of Barcelona players who would be in the quarterfinals would increase to thirteen.
