Following the 1-1 draw to Newcastle United earlier this week, FC Barcelona will be aiming to return to winning ways when they face Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday.
The Blaugrana currently have a four-point lead over second-placed Real Madrid, who take on Elche tomorrow, meaning the advantage could be reduced to only one point.
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With preparations underway for the game at the Spotify Camp Nou, Hansi Flick & co. have received some positive news on the fitness front.
Lamine Yamal and Eric Garcia train normally
Indeed, according to SPORT, both Lamine Yamal and Eric Garcia were back training normally on the pitch today, indicating their availability for Sunday’s clash vs Sevilla.
This comes after Lamine missed the training session on Thursday due to some discomfort and did not even attend the team dinner arranged by Ronald Araujo later in the night.
Back in training. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
The issue was never considered something serious enough to put his participation against Sevilla in doubt.
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Now, according to SPORT, the Barcelona winger trained normally today and is expected to be available for Sunday’s league match against Sevilla, which will also coincide with Barcelona’s presidential elections.
It remains to be seen whether Flick will decide to rest him with the Champions League match in mind, although doing so may be difficult given his importance to the team.
As for Eric Garcia, the defender missed the Champions League match due to muscle overload and spent Thursday receiving treatment from the physiotherapists.
But today, he was back training on the pitch normally with the rest of the squad. Like with Lamine, though, there is a possibility that Flick opts to rest him with an eye on the Newcastle United clash.
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