{"id":3433,"date":"2026-04-13T14:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3433\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:25:18","slug":"injured-barcelona-captain-will-travel-to-madrid-to-support-team-against-atletico-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3433\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Barcelona captain will travel to Madrid to support team against Atletico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are going all in for their Champions League comeback, and even unavailable players are playing a role ahead of the decisive clash with Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260413\/1004169811\/raphinha-sumarse-grupo-martes-madrid.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mundo Deportivo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mundo Deportivo&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, Raphinha is expected to travel to Madrid to be with the squad, despite being ruled out through injury.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian winger is still recovering from a right hamstring problem suffered during the international break, but will be present to support his teammates from close quarters.<\/p>\n<p>This move is part of a plan led by Hansi Flick, who is prioritising unity and collective spirit ahead of the second leg.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona coach <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/hansi-flick-makes-big-dressing-room-call-before-atletico-madrid-vs-barcelona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wants the entire group involved;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;wants the entire group involved&quot;}\" class=\"link \">wants the entire group involved<\/a>, including injured and suspended players, to strengthen the dressing room mentality for what is one of the biggest matches of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinh will be there to support<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha\u2019s presence is seen as important beyond the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6743d00fc7d7f7af019f28ed6857cb7b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Raphinha is currently out injured. (Photo by Eric Alonso\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even though he will not be available for selection, his involvement around the squad is expected to boost morale as Barcelona attempt to overturn the 0-2 deficit from the first leg.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he is not the only one making the trip, as Pau Cubarsi, who is suspended following his red card in the first leg, has also travelled to Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Like Raphinha, his role will be to support the group and maintain a strong sense of togetherness within the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona understand the scale of the challenge at the Metropolitano.<\/p>\n<p>Facing an organised and confident Atletico side, Flick\u2019s men will need both tactical execution and mental strength to pull off the comeback.<\/p>\n<p>With a place in the Champions League semi-finals on the line, Barcelona are leaving nothing to chance, ensuring every possible edge, even emotional, is in their favour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona are going all in for their Champions League comeback, and even unavailable players are playing a role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1757,179,92,187,930,82,2006,94],"class_list":{"0":"post-3433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-atletico","9":"tag-atletico-madrid","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-champions-league","12":"tag-hansi-flick","13":"tag-madrid","14":"tag-mundo-deportivo","15":"tag-raphinha"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}