After defeating Manchester City (on penalties after a 2-2 draw) and Real Madrid (1-2), the Blaugrana will face Milan on Wednesday in its last match in its American tour before returning to Barcelona on the same day.
Before the start of the competitions, Flick’s men will play the Joan Gamper Cup match against Monaco next Monday, five days before the opening league match against Valencia.
According to information received from the Catalan newspaper “Sport”, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, and Pedri, who were crowned with the Spanish national team at the European Championships last July 14, returned to training today, Monday, in the Joan Gamper Sports City after a three-week vacation.
Thus, the three players joined the pre-season period, where they underwent the necessary medical examinations and trained in Sant Joan d’Espi (Barcelona) alongside some injured players, awaiting the return of the rest of their teammates from vacation or from the US tour.
Lamine and Ferran returned from Germany without any physical problems, unlike Pedri, who is still recovering from an injury to the internal collateral ligament in his left knee that he suffered during the European Championship quarter-finals against Germany.
The midfielder began a special treatment program in Tenerife, and will now continue at Barcelona in an attempt to return to action under Hansi Flick before the opening league match against Valencia on August 17 in the Mestalla.
In addition to Pedri’s injury, the Catalan team also suffers from the absence of Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, Ronald Araujo, and Ansu Fati.
It is expected that players Eric Garcia, Pau Cobarce, and Fermin Lopez, who qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s football competitions at the Olympic Games in Paris, will return with the Spanish national team.