FC Barcelona will still have Iñaki Peña (25, Barcelona) in goal in El Clasico.
“Wojciech Szczesny (34) will not play in the El Clasico,” Spain’s ‘Barça Universe’ reported on Friday (June 25).
FC Barcelona will face Real Madrid in the 11th round of the 2024-2025 La Liga season at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 27.
It will be the first “El Clasico” of the season. Barcelona is currently in first place in the league with 27 points (9 W, 1 D), while Real Madrid is in second place with 24 points (7 W, 3 D). Depending on the outcome of the match, Real Madrid can eliminate Barcelona’s goal difference.
Barcelona and Real Madrid both picked up momentum with midweek victories in the UFEA Champions League. Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich 4-1 and Real topped Borussia Dortmund 5-2.
Despite Barcelona’s recent dominance in both league and European competitions, there is a worrying factor. It’s the goalkeeping.
Barcelona’s starting goalkeeper is Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who is considered a world-class goalkeeper, but he went down with an injury in last month’s La Liga 6th round match against Villarreal CF. He suffered a patellar tendon injury in his right knee and was expected to be out of action for an extended period of time.
Barcelona then turned to Szczesny, who came out of retirement to join the club.
However, Flick is not ready to hand the gloves to Szczesny just yet. Peña started in goal against Sevilla FC on Nov. 21. However, 카지노사이트 he didn’t make a single save and conceded a goal.
In his pre-match press conference, Flick said: “I don’t plan to change the goalkeeper. In principle, Peña will play against Sevilla and Bayern Munich. Of course, I really like the addition of Wojciech Szczesny,” he said, adding that Peña will definitely keep the gloves against Bayern.
Peña is also likely to start against Real Madrid. This is because Szczesny himself has confirmed that he will not be playing in El Clasico. According to Varsa Universe, Szczesny said “no” when asked if he would play against Real Madrid.
“Peña and I have spoken a lot, the team is working well and we are on track,” Szczesny said. Unnecessary changes can break the team. I told him that even if I was 100 percent healthy, I would not play,” he said.
“I want to save my playing time for when I’m at my best. The most important factor for me is that the team is working as well as it is,” he added.
Meanwhile, the availability of Real Madrid defender Thibaut Courtois remains unclear. “Thibaut Courtois’ injury has been discovered,” Real Madrid announced on the club’s official website.
“The Real medical staff carried out a detailed examination on Courtois and found an injury to the adductor muscle in his left leg. We will monitor his progress.”
