With Pedri's injury, Barcelona's midfield, which was once considered very strong, has become less reassuring. "World Sports News" talked about the adjustments that Red and Blues coach Flick can make.

Flick will once again adjust the starting lineup in the game against Elche. Due to Pedri's injury, the German coach had to rearrange the midfield. The most logical solution would be to move Frenkie de Jong forward, with the Dutchman occupying Pedri's usual position and Casado in a deeper defensive midfield role. So far, Casado has participated in 10 of 13 official matches.

However, Frick has other options to consider, although they are not as likely as Casado. Assuming that De Jong is selected as the attacking midfielder, in addition to Casado, there are two players who can fill the defensive midfielder position. One of them is Eric Garcia, who Flick has played in this position many times before. However, considering that Flick seems to have decided to pair Eric Garcia and Kubasi as central defenders, the former has little chance of being a midfield candidate to replace Pedri.

The 19-year-old Tommy Marks, a young player from the first team of Thursday's trial training, is also an alternative plan for Flick to improve the midfield configuration. Amid all injury factors, the positions of De Jong and Fermin (as attacking midfielders) are relatively fixed. Olmo will return to the lineup after several weeks of injury, but his presence in the starting lineup will be a surprise. Given Olmo's injury history, caution is the best strategy, and the same applies to Bernal. Although Flick has confidence in him, considering that he missed a year due to a knee injury, the German coach hopes that his return process will be as cautious as possible.