TA: Pedri s injury is the worst news for Barcelona, ​​Flick has to rely on La Masia again

On October 29, Barcelona officially announced that the team’s midfielder Pedri had a torn biceps femoris. According to TA reports, Pedri will be injured until after the international match.

TA stated that Pedri is expected to be absent until after the international match in November. The 22-year-old Pedri received his second yellow card after tackling Joan Armene in the El Clasico and was sent off in the 10th minute of stoppage time.

Barcelona confirmed that Pedri had a "distal biceps tear in his left thigh." He is not expected to return to action until after next month's international window, which will see him miss La Liga games against Elche, Celta Vigo and Athletic Bilbao, as well as a Champions League game against Club Brugge, according to people familiar with the matter. He is also unlikely to be included in Spain's squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Türkiye in November.

Since Flick was appointed as the head coach before the 24-25 season, Pedri has only missed one official game for Barcelona-the 7-1 La Liga victory over Valencia last season when Pedri was absent due to a stomach problem. He made 59 appearances in all competitions last season and played a key role in Barcelona winning the league and Copa del Rey. In previous years, since the 20-21 season turned out, he has suffered repeated hamstring and muscle problems.

Pedri has participated in all 13 games of Barcelona this season. Even if he is not injured, he will miss the home game against Elche due to suspension. His name joins Barcelona's already long list of missing players, with Lewandowski, Rafinha, Olmo, Garvey, Christensen, Joan Garcia and Ter Stegen all missing El Clasico.

TA analysis believes that if there is one piece of news that Barcelona wants to hear the least right now, it is Pedri's injury. Against Real Madrid, the issues of squad shortfalls and fatigue became even more apparent. At one point there were no attacking players left on the bench, so centre-back Araujo had to serve as center forward.

Yamal has played, but his performance has declined since the injury, indicating that he has not yet fully recovered from his physical discomfort. After Yamal, Pedri is another pillar of the team. He is a key figure in holding the team together and is one of the few players who has performed well in defeats in recent weeks (against PSG, Sevilla and Real Madrid).

Olmo has returned to team training, but Flick has fewer and fewer choices in the starting lineup. He will have to rely on La Masia's youth academy again.