BOTH TEAMS COME TO WIN IN THE DAY 1

Barça travel to Porto in search of the long-awaited knock on the table in Champions League

Published:4/10/2023 - 00:26h

Updated:4/10/2023 - 00:26h

The FC Barcelona has everything to give a hit on the European table in front of the Port wine. The culés arrive in a moment no too regulate of the course, but will have a possible XI the sufficiently dangerous to go out smiling of Portugal

Port wine and FC Barcelona confront this Wednesday, from the 21:00 hours (9:00 PM CEST), in the Stadium do Dragãor, in a meeting that corresponds to the second day of the phase of groups of the Champions League. For both teams will be the opportunity to add a victory and remain with the leadership of the Group H, although for the culés is also the opportunity to show him to Europe that has returned again to his best version like team.

After two campaigns remaining in first round, the Barça has found with a much more accessible group of what was used to seeing in the last years, to a large extent by his title in LaLiga, which allowed him be in the Bass drum 1 in the moment of the draw. Already with a triumph, achieved in front of the modest Amberes by 5-0, the ones of Xavi want to reaffirm the showed up to now in these first weeks of course, in which especially in attack have been very inspired.

Xavi wants to bet by a Barça always leading

In fact, already the Catalan technician stood out in the previous press conference to the duel in front of the lusos that follows betting like that that so much it has characterised to the entity culé in the last decades, betting for proposing as much as can in each party. "I am an offensive trainer. When we have been brave the things have gone us well. Has to have a balance but be dared, brave and go to the attack", ensured.

And it is that unlike the previous season, the Barça has found with a lot of more options in his line of attack that in the midfield because of the drop of Pedri does more than a month, and recently to the one of Frenkie of Jong. Thus it has returned the 4-3-3 more classical of Xavi, having besides a jump of important quality in the trio of attackers with names like Joao Félix and Lamine Yamal, unlike what sucedió the past course.

The XI of the Barça can show the idea culé in his visit to Portugal

With this stage would have to have to lidiar the Port wine this Wednesday, understanding that both extremes have a lot of chevrons to be in front of the lusos, remembering whenever in the midfield Gavi seems immovable and that except surprise, Gündogan will be also like titling. The doubt would seem right now if the technical body culé will bet by something more than balance with Oriol Romeu or if soltará a 'bombazo' with Fermín López like titling.

The reality is that the own Xavi ensured that the canterano of 20 years is "smart to be headline", by what is not descartada his presence in the XI this Wednesday. And it is that the Barcelona trainer sustained in the press conference that "have to go back to show a good football in Europe and go back to compete. It is the pending subject of our project and tomorrow is an ideal stage to do it", puntualizó the Catalan.

The Barça needs to change his recent history in Europe

The party against the Port wine will be the tenth of Champions League of the technician egarense in the Barcelona bench and the 100 in all the competitions. The balance, by the moment, is of three victories, two ties and four defeats; 17 converted goals and 15 fit in Europe, by what shows once again that the challenge is the ideal in front of the Port wine. The lusos, always complicated in the Champions, expect to take advantage of the weaknesses culés that have been able to detect, as it ensured his own míster.

With a victory, the Barça would arrive to six points in the two first days and would have everything to ensure his classification to eighth in the next two days, and especially the first place. However, a defeat in front of the lusos, and especially depending of the how, would bring of return the 'ghosts' of the Barça in Europe in these last years, where do not achieve to play a final from the edition 2014/15.