Barcelona midfielder Marc Bernal impressed a lot in his first few appearances with the first team under Hansi Flick, but was unfortunate to suffer a torn ACL only a few weeks into the last season.
Following that injury, he spent almost a year on the sidelines, and received the green light to return to the field only around two months ago.
However, even after getting this greenlight, he has not played a lot, and has accumulated only 32 minutes in five matches, against Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiacos, Real Oviedo, and Celta Vigo.
Although the player is keen to play more minutes, the coaching staff is using him very cautiously. However, he can still get an opportunity to get some competitive rhythm in this international break.
According to [SPORT](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/barcelona-plan-marc-bernal-catalunya-palestina-123608591), there is a pact between the Blaugrana club and the Catalan national team to play Bernal for the first 45 minutes in the match against Palestine on November 18th.
Although this will not be an official competitive game, this will still allow the midfielder to play on the pitch, something that is more difficult to come with Barcelona.
After that, Marc Bernal can also get to play in the match between the Blaugrana side and Athletic Club, especially as Pedri and Marc Casado are facing physical problems, and [Frenkie de Jong is suspended for that game](https://semprebarca.com/97-pass-accuracy-3-recoveries-barcelona-midfield-stars-incredible-stats-highlight-his-brilliance-in-4-2-celta-win-opinion/).