{"id":1131,"date":"2025-10-24T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2025-10-24T18:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:40:05","slug":"kounde-and-raphinha-doubtful-for-el-clasico-after-training-absences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/kounde-and-raphinha-doubtful-for-el-clasico-after-training-absences\/","title":{"rendered":"Kounde and Raphinha doubtful for El Clasico after training absences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-32.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-32-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-32-768x545.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona have been hit with injury concerns just two days before their crucial clash with Real Madrid as Jules Kounde and Raphinha both missed key training sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Kounde trained in the gym on Friday, missing a second consecutive session with Barcelona just days before the trip to the Santiago Bernabeu. His teammate Raphinha left the training ground before the session began, raising concerns over his fitness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kounde had sat out Thursday&#8217;s session due to a knock, and while he returned to the gym on Friday, he did not join the full squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His participation in El Clasico remains uncertain as he continues his recovery. The full-back&#8217;s late arrival\u2014over an hour after the usual 09.30 CET call time\u2014hinted that he would train separately, a common practice for players working on individual rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raphinha&#8217;s absence is more worrying. The Brazilian winger, who had only recently returned from a right hamstring injury, left the training ground before the group session began, suggesting a possible relapse that could rule him out of the clash with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frenkie de Jong, who missed Thursday&#8217;s session due to gastroenteritis, has fully recovered and joined the squad on time for Friday&#8217;s training, so he is expected to participate without issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hansi Flick may not attend the pre-match press conference ahead of the Bernabeu clash if the TAD rejects Barcelona&#8217;s appeal against his suspension. In that case, assistant coach Marcus Sorg would speak to the media in his place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have been hit with injury concerns just two days before their crucial clash with Real Madrid as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/1133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}