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Barça visits Granada and wants to continue with the positive dynamics after beating Linares in the Cup
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The plague of casualties of the Barça team continues and to it we must add the injuries of Araujo and De Jong
Barça returns to the league dynamic after beating Linares 1-2 in the Copa del Rey round of 32. Xavi Hernández’s team will face Granada at home this Saturday in the match corresponding to matchday 20 of the Santander League (6.30 pm, Los Cármenes Stadium). The Catalans occupy the fifth place with 31 points out of 57 possible, while the Granada are thirteenth with 23 points.
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Lowest in Can Barça
Despite the victory, not everything is good news for the Terrassa coach. In the last cupbearer game, two of the team’s heavyweights were injured: Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong. The first will be several months off for a metacarpal fracture of the right hand, while the second had to retire after just 28 minutes on the field of play due to an elongation in the soleus of the left leg. These two casualties join the long-term of Memphis, Ansu, Braithwaite and Sergi Roberto, the positives by Covid, Pedri, Ferran Torres, Bucket, Gavi, Dest, Coutinho and Abde, while Umtiti and Lenglet they were low due to gastroenteritis and are still recovering.
Granada, a complicated rival
In recent games, Granada has always made things difficult for Barça. In fact, they have scored in three of the last five games they have played. Last year the Granadans won at the Camp Nou for the first time in its history (1-2) while this season the team coached by Roberto Moreno achieved a draw.
When is Granada CF – FC Barcelona played?
The party corresponding to the matchday 20 of the League Championship will be played this Saturday, December 8, at 18.30 hour Spanish peninsular.
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Where to watch the game on TV
The match will be played at the Cármenes stadium and will be broadcast by Movistar +. The web of THE NEWSPAPER it will follow up to the minute from an hour before the initial whistle.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.