Lewandowski to start on bench against Inter, confirms Flick

Hansi Flick volition not hazard Robert Lewandowski from the commencement successful Barcelona’s Champions League clash with Inter.

The 36-year-old striker, who has netted 40 goals for Barca successful each competitions this season, had been sidelined for his club’s past 4 games.

After sustaining the wounded during Barca’s 4-3 triumph against Celta Vigo connected April 19, helium missed their Copa del Rey last triumph implicit rivals Real Madrid and the archetypal limb of the Champions League semi against Inter.

However, the Poland planetary is acceptable to diagnostic successful the 2nd limb against Inter astatine San Siro connected Tuesday.

Flick, though, is readying to usage Lewandowski, who is lone 1 extremity distant from netting his 100th for Barca, from the bench.

“We’ve spoke yesterday and everything is going the close way, and [Lewandowski] is good,” Flick said.

“Much amended than we expected, and he’s acceptable for the bench. So erstwhile we request him, possibly helium tin travel in.”

Barcelona’s hopes of reaching their archetypal Champions League last successful a decennary are buoyed by Lewandowski’s return, particularly aft an exhilarating 3-3 gully successful the archetypal leg.

However, the squad volition beryllium without cardinal full-backs Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde, who are some sidelined done injury.

Flick did not uncover his plans to regenerate the duo, but helium hinted astatine deploying centre-backs Ronald Araujo and Eric Garcia retired wide, oregon relying connected youngsters Hector Fort oregon Gerard Martin successful their earthy positions.

Kounde and Balde absences volition airs a monolithic situation for Flick with Barca struggling to halt Inter’s counter-attacks successful the archetypal leg, with wing-back Denzel Dumfries scoring doubly and providing an assist.

“As a coaching staff, we analyse everything. We spot however a subordinate performed successful each concern and aft [the archetypal leg] possibly we volition person to marque immoderate changes due to the fact that we request to support overmuch better,” Flick added.

“Football is truly complex, truthful it has to bash with everything. It has to with the subordinate but we person to find the close thought of however we privation to play, the lucifer plan. Of course, the changes person to beryllium good, but besides the players person to amusement connected the transportation who they are and what they are made of.”

Barca are chasing a treble, unbeaten domestically since precocious December and starring LaLiga with 79 points, 4 up of Madrid.

After facing Inter, the Blaugrana big Madrid successful a important LaLiga clash that could efficaciously determine the league rubric connected Sunday.

According to Opta’s supercomputer, Barca person a 55% accidental of reaching the Champions League final, and a 27% probability of lifting the trophy.

Their chances of winning LaLiga, meanwhile, basal astatine 86.7%.