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De Jong to miss his first game of the season

  /  autty

Barcelona came into their match against Levante with six players walking the tightrope in terms of yellow cards, but only Frenkie de Jong received a booking at the Estadi Ciutat de Valencia.

The other five players - Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Antoine Griezmann and Oscar Mingueza - will therefore have to tread carefully in order against Celta Vigo in order to be available for Barcelona's final match of the campaign away at Eibar.

The Celta fixture will be the first match that De Jong has missed this season, with the 24-year-old having not picked up any injuries during the campaign.

De Jong was on the verge of a suspension for quite a while, as he picked up his fourth yellow card when Barcelona faced Real Betis on February 7.

Ronald Koeman will therefore have to find a replacement for De Jong, with Ilaix Moriba, Riqui Puig, Sergi Roberto and Miralem Pjanic the options to come into the line-up.

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