Pique, Lenglet and Umtiti, the ones who will suffer most from LaLiga's return

Mallorca will be the Barça's first rival after the halt in football because of COVID-19. The footballers are preparing for the return. They are aware of what is in store for them: matches every 72 hours with the physical strain that this entails.

AS' explains that Barça has made a study to determine which footballers will suffer more from the return of football. And the data leave no room for doubt. This source assures that the central defenders will be the ones who will have the worst time. They will be more tired due to obvious circumstances.

It is not very common that a change of central takes place during a game. Unless the footballer is touched or the circumstances encourage it.

That makes their burden greater. They get more tired in the last stretch and therefore have more chances of making a mistake.

For this study, Barça evaluated 23 players. From it, a decrease of yield of the power stations in the last minutes of as much the first as of the second part is extracted.

In this return of LaLiga, Barça, like the rest of the teams, will be able to make up to five changes, two more of the habitual ones not to overload to the players and to avoid injuries as far as possible. 

At the moment, for the clash against Mallorca, Setién will not be able to count on Lenglet, who is serving a sanction. Therefore, he only has Pique and Umtiti, who have just come out of injury.

Pique promises to pull the strongs. In fact, he leaves his skin behind at every training session...