Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Friday, September 26, 2025, 6:48 pm / Updated on Friday, September 26, 20:48
Bad news for Barcelona And Hansi Flick after the victory last night 3-1 in front of Oviedo in La Liga. The Catalans announced, through official communications, that two key players: Raphinha and the titular goalkeeper Joan García. The two have been injured and will be missing for a period on the ground.
The Brazilian will be unavailable for about 3 weeks, while the 24 -year -old goalkeeper will have to endure surgery and will be missing between 4 and 6 weeks.
Two harsh news for Barcelona: Raphinha and Joan Garcia, injured
“The player Raphinha has a lesion in the average third of the right femoral biceps. The estimated recovery period is about 3 weeks,” Barcelona's official statement about Brazilian wing, which was replaced last night in the 66th match with Oviedo.
“The player Joan García has suffered a rupture of the medial collateral ligament of the left knee. Tomorrow will be operated by arthroscopy by Dr. Joan Carles Monllau. The estimated recovery period is 4 to 6 weeks, depending on its evolution,” Barcelona said about the holder of this season, according to Sportal.
This means that both will definitely miss the big match against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League next week. Joan Garcia is also unavailable for the future El Clasico on October 26, while for Raphinha there is hopes that she will be recovered for the match scheduled after the international break.
Thus, in the next matches of Barcelona, Wojciech Szczesny will return to the gate. Most likely, in place of Brazilian Raphinha will be used the Englishman Marcus Rashford, the one who was the MVP of the first match in the Champions League. The left wing transferred this summer marked a “double” in front of Newcastle, score 2-1. On this post Hansi Flick has no other variants.
