{"id":408385,"date":"2026-01-15T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408385\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:28:07","slug":"why-dro-fernandez-is-set-to-miss-barcelonas-copa-del-rey-tie-with-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408385\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dro Fernandez is set to miss Barcelona\u2019s Copa del Rey tie with Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Barcelona youngster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-la-liga\/102285\/i-couldnt-believe-it-dro-fernandez-blown-away-after-making-barcelona-debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dro Fernandez<\/a> has been hit by injury ahead of Thursday\u2019s Copa del Rey tie with Racing and looks set to miss the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-copa-del-rey\/110118\/how-will-barcelona-line-up-against-racing-santander-copa-del-rey-round-of-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Copa del Rey<\/a> looked to be a great opportunity for Fernandez to enjoy more first-team minutes this season but he missed training ahead of the match and is expected to sit this one out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to Diario Sport, the teenager is suffering some discomfort and Barcelona will not take any risks with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dro had returned from Spain Under-18 duty due to the discomfort but it had seemed likely he would recover in time for the Copa del Rey game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yet that now seems off the table in what will be a blow for Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The midfielder, who turned 18 on Monday, has made five appearances in all competitions so far this season but hasn\u2019t featured since the win over Atletico Madrid in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona youngster Dro Fernandez has been hit by injury ahead of Thursday\u2019s Copa del Rey tie with Racing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1481,174286,403,99],"class_list":["post-408385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-team-news","tag-barcelona-copa-del-rey","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}