
The alarms went off in the second half of Crvena Zvezda-Barcelona. On a cross from the touchline to the Catalan goal area, the boot of Spajic, the Serbian striker, hit Pau Cubarsí in the face.
His Blaugrana teammates rushed to him, put their hands on his head and began demanding a replacement from coach Flick.
Barca's medical services quickly entered the field and confirmed that the young centre-back had to be replaced, as he was unable to continue.
Sergi Domínguez came on for him, while Cubarsí was able to walk himself to the dressing room with a towel over his face, which covered the wounds caused by the opponent's boot.
Barca doctors quickly got to work and stitched up his wound. According to "Ràdio Vilablareix", the footballer from Girona needed 9 stitches in his face. At the end of the game, Hansi Flick calmed everyone down. "Cubarsí is fine, they have done some stitches on his face, but he copes like a young man. When you grow up it's different", explained the German coach.
Later, Gavi posted something on his personal Instagram account, in which he showed the side of the center back with stitches. Next to the photo he wrote a few words, considering his teammate "warrior".
It is learned that Cubarsí should not have problems to play next Sunday in "Anoeta", against Real Sociedad.
