Barcelona-Osasuna on March 27, but the Blaugrana are not having it

The Catalans are not satisfied with the decision to reschedule the match against Osasuna on March 27 due to the close commitments of some players with their respective national teams

di MATTEO MEREU
17 March 2025
Yamal and Casado during a training session (Epa via Ansa)

Yamal and Casado during a training session (Epa via Ansa)

Barcelona, ​​March 17, 2025 – The Barcelona is preparing for a resumption of the season that is anything but peaceful. The Blaugrana arrived at the international break in the best possible way, with the victory against Atletico Madrid in a comeback that allowed flick and his men to hook up at the top Real. A few days earlier, furthermore, the qualification for the quarter-finals arrived Champions League after the home success against Benfica. The former technician of the Bayern Munich and the German national team will have to work as best as possible with the players who remained in Barcelona, ​​given that the Blaugrana will resume their season earlier than the other teams. In just ten days, in fact, Yamal and his teammates will return to the field to recover the match against Osasuna, which was cancelled on March 8 following the death of the team doctor Carles Minarro. Given the very busy schedule that Barcelona will face, which will also be involved in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey in addition to La Liga, the Spanish federation has opted to recover the match on Thursday 27 March, a decision that has not been welcomed favorably by the Blaugrana management. In fact, Barcelona has seen many players leave for commitments with their respective national teams, including Raphinha e Araujo. These two will be busy with Brazil and Uruguay respectively for the qualification for the 2026 World Cup shortly before the date of the recovery of the match against Osasuna, so they will not be available to Flick in view of the league match against the team from Pamplona. These absences will be anything but trivial: Araujo has recovered from his injury and is perfectly back in Flick's rotation, while Raphinha is one of the driving forces of this Barcelona, ​​with 27 goals and 21 assists in 42 seasonal games. For this reason, the Blaugrana have announced that they will present an appeal to move the date of the recovery against Osasuna, also in view of the weight of the match. If Flick and his team were to take home the three points, in fact, they would detach Real Madrid and go alone to the top, to then try to escape in the following days. In any case, only in the next few days will we find out more about the matter, but the Catalan team seems oriented not to give an inch to have a favorable decision.

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