Pedro Rodriguez suffers and ankle injury
Barcelona’s injury crises have only grown after their visit to Granada. The Spanish Champions had a lot of their first team players sidelined in the past month.
Josep Guardiola have had a lot of injury concerns in the last season and this season, despite signing two extraordinary players, Guardiola is still suffering with the same problem.
The newly signed players Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas both injured themselves in the last month. Fabregas couldn’t perform for three weeks while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 is still out injured.
Moreover, Ibrahim Afellay might be sitting the whole season out with his knee injury.
Last month Josep Guardiola was without Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique. Later, Eric Abidal also picked up an injury and he was left on the bench.
Eric Abidal, Cesc Fabregas and Andres Iniesta have returned to full fitness but Gerard Pique is still out injured alongside Alexis Sanchez and Ibrahim Afellay.
With Pedro Rodriguez also injured, tensions are only raised at the Nou Camp. Josep Guardiola does not have a lot of wingers to perform for him and Pedro Rodriguez is the best winger he has available since his chemistry with the team is extraordinary.
While playing against Granada, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 limped out with an ankle injury and many thought that the Spaniard might sit the whole season out. However, the club medics have confirmed that the injury is not very serious and he will return to action within four weeks.
Josep Guardiola has recently been playing a 3-5-2 formation with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 and Lionel Messi playing up the field. The formation used to take a 3-4-3 shape during the game whenever Pedro Rodriguez came on the field.
David Villa played on the left while Pedro Rodriguez played on the right. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has recently been playing in a false nine position which makes him the centre forward for the Catalan team.
Now, with Pedro Rodriguez out injured, Josep Guardiola will have to opt for other options. The Spanish coach does not have first choice wingers available to him but Andres Iniesta can perform on the flanks.
In case Andres Iniesta replaces Pedro in the first team, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez will play in the three man midfield along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048.
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