Breaking News: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique out for three weeks
The Barcelona centre back Gerard Pique has torn the fibres in his left calf muscle while training on Wednesday. The Catalan centre back has been a crucial part of the team as the club captain Carles Puyol is still recovering from a knee injury he picked
up last season.
Barcelona are often criticized about their decision of not buying a defender. The Catalans, without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 and Gerard Pique, are definitely going to be vulnerable at the back.
While playing against their arch rivals Real Madrid in the Super Copa, Barcelona did not have Gerard Pique in the first team; therefore, Eric Abidal and Javier Mascherano had to fill in the centre back roles while Adriano played in the left back position.
Barcelona have made two signings this season and none of them is a defender. The former Udinese play maker and goal scorer http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 this season. While Josep Guardiola’s problem was not the
midfield or the attack, he still opted to buy one player from each department.
With Pique now out of the Barcelona team for three weeks, Barcelona will have to rely on the Argentinean captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 who has played in the centre back position a lot of times last season. Moreover, Eric Abidal seems to be a good option and
the Frenchman played in that role for most of the previous season.
The Spanish Champions do seem vulnerable at the back but Josep Guardiola always has a backup plan. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048, Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal and the newly promoted Barca B star Andreu Fontas are all options available for Josep Guardiola.
The Catalan Giants are going to face the Portuguese Champions, Porto, in the European Super Cup on Friday. With Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol out, Javier Mascherano and Eric Abidal are going to be filling the void in the centre back position while the Brazilian
full back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adriano-c3773 is going to play in the left back position.
In case Barcelona win the European Super Cup against Porto, they will be on level terms with AC Milan who have also won five European Super Cups. Can Barcelona make another record? Only time can answer this question. Currently, they are considered to be
the strongest side in the world.
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