{"id":87010,"date":"2025-11-25T05:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/rashford-recovers-and-will-play-with-barca-vs-chelsea-in-champions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:17:47","slug":"rashford-recovers-and-will-play-with-barca-vs-chelsea-in-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/rashford-recovers-and-will-play-with-barca-vs-chelsea-in-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford recovers and will play with Bar\u00e7a vs Chelsea in Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rashford Recovers and Returns for Barcelona vs. Chelsea Clash<\/h2>\n\nMarcus Rashford has overcome the flu and is ready to rejoin the Barcelona team for the crucial Champions League match against Chelsea in London.\n\nThe 28-year-old striker missed the recent match at the Spotify Camp Nou, where Barcelona achieved a 4-0 victory over Athletic Club in LaLiga, due to an illness that prevented him from training in the days leading up to the match.\n\nHowever, Rashford rejoined training with his teammates on Sunday and Monday, and will be available to coach Hansi Flick for Tuesday’s match at Stamford Bridge.\n\n\n
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Marcus Rashford podr\u00eda enfrentarse al Chelsea con el Barcelona.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am very happy. He has recovered from a cold, but he is fine. We will decide tomorrow whether he plays from the start or comes on from the bench.<\/p>Hansi Flick<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFlick also expressed his satisfaction at having Rashford on the team, highlighting his admiration for the player’s quality and his adaptation to life in Barcelona.\n\nRashford, on loan from Manchester United, has made a notable impact in European competition with Barcelona this season, scoring four goals and providing an assist in four appearances.\n\nIn total, he has scored six goals and provided eight assists in 16 matches in all competitions with the Catalan club.\n\nHis return represents a dilemma for Flick, as the German coach recovers several key players from injuries.\n\nFerran Torres, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal started in the match against Athletic, with Raphinha coming on as a substitute after a two-month injury.\n\nWith Rashford back, Flick has five players for three positions, although he has also used Raphinha as an attacking midfielder on occasion.\n\nGoalkeeper Joan Garc\u00eda also returned on the weekend after a two-month absence, helping Barcelona keep their first clean sheet since September, but Pedri, Gavi, and Marc Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen are still absent.\n\nPedri could return on the weekend, when Alav\u00e9s visits Camp Nou, but Gavi and Ter Stegen are not expected to return soon.\n\nThe trip to London on Tuesday offers Barcelona the opportunity to recover from the disappointing 3-3 draw against Club Brugge in the Champions League.\n\nLike Chelsea, they currently have seven points from their four games, which leaves them in 11th place in the standings, and a win this week would bring them closer to their goal of qualifying for the top eight.\n\n\n

Barcelona Close to Agreeing a New Contract with Eric Garc\u00eda<\/h2>\n\n\nIn addition, Barcelona is close to reaching an agreement for a new long-term contract with Eric Garc\u00eda.\n\nGarc\u00eda’s current contract expires next summer, but positive conversations have been held in recent weeks and an imminent agreement is expected.\n\nThe defender, who previously played for Manchester City, has become a key player under Hansi Flick this season, excelling as a central defender, right-back, and even as a defensive midfielder.\n\nGarc\u00eda will be the latest in a long list of “strategic” renewals, following in the footsteps of players like Pedri, Gavi and Frenkie de Jong, with sporting director Deco’s next decision focused on Robert Lewandowski and Andreas Christensen.\n\nOnce Garc\u00eda renews, they will be the only permanent members of the current squad whose contracts expire in 2026.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rashford Recovers and Returns for Barcelona vs. Chelsea Clash Marcus Rashford has overcome the flu and is ready to rejoin the Barcelona team for the crucial Champions League match against Chelsea in London. The 28-year-old striker missed the recent match at the Spotify Camp Nou, where Barcelona achieved a 4-0 victory over Athletic Club in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[156,270,220,615],"class_list":{"0":"post-87010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-champions-league","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-marcus-rashford"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}