Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Saturday, September 27, 2025, 10:24 / Updated on Saturday, September 27, 2025 10:30
Barcelona will have to handle without two of the basic players by the end of next month. After the Catalans recently put Lamine Yamal and Gavi recently, more than two more: Joan Garcia and Raphinha!
Hansi Flick has new batch problems for October. Joan Garcia's injury is more serious. The goalkeeper brought from Espanyol in the summer with 25 million euros, suffered an internal meniscus lesion of the left knee And today it will be subjected to an arthroscopy, as Mundo Deportivo writes.
The Spanish goalkeeper broke at the last ball he touched in the match at Oviedo (3-1), after Lucas Ahijado's shot, in a match in which he scored a goal from a great distance.
Goalkeeper Joan Garcia, in the match won by Barcelona Thursday, 3-1 with Oviedo / Photo: Imago
Joan Garcia misses El Clasico and would lose a total of 7 matches!
And, according to the doctors of the Barographic team, they should absent between four and six weeks. I mean, Joan Garcia will only be able to return between the goals, in the happiest case, in early November!
𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗢 𝗠𝗘́𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗢
He Jugador 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮 suffers one Rotura del Menisco Interna from Rodilla Izquierda. Mañana is called one interventions, one arthroscopy of Cargo del Dr. Joan Carles Monllau. He Tiempo approximado by Baja es de 4 a 6… pic.twitter.com/ixqptjc8rk
– FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_es) September 26, 2025
In other words, it risks missing the next seven games. Starting with the Duel with Real Sunday Sunday, the PSG confrontation in the second stage of the Champions League and Including El Clasico with Real Madrid, from October 26.
The surgery of Joan Garcia will be done by Dr. Joan Carles Monlau, the same one who recently operated on Gavi. Barcelona's titular goalkeeper will also be unavailable for parties with FC Sevilla, Girona, Olympiakos and certainly Elche.
Goalkeeper Joan Garcia was injured in the match won by Barcelona Thursday, 3-1 with Oviedo / Photo: Imago
Diego Kochen (19 years old), who left Chile yesterday without debuting at the U20 World Cup, after being emergency by Barcelona, will be the second goalkeeper. Eder Aller (18 years old) will hold the position of the third goalkeeper of the Spanish champion.
Thus, Flick will need to appeal again to the Polish Wojciech Szczesny, because Marc-Andre Ter Stegen has been operated on and is unavailable, not even registered with the Spanish League.
Raphinha is out with PSG. It is hoped to restore it for derby
But Hansi Flick has great headaches with extremes. After injured Lamine Yamal, Raphinha was moved to the right in the match with Oviedo, but was injured in the middle of the second half, being replaced with Robert Lewandowski.
Raphinha, in action in the match of Oviedo (3-1), in which he was changed with Robert Lewandowski / Photo: Imago
The Brazilian wing has finished the last match with muscle pain in the thigh and will be missing about three weeks, which will make him miss four or even five matches in La Liga and the Champions League, being questioned and regarding the degree in El Clasico!
