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BARÇA WANTS TO GO COMFORTABLE TO TURKEY

Barça hopes to hit the table against a much inferior Galatasaray

Published:9/03/2022 - 22:03h

Updated:10/03/2022 - 19:40h

FC Barcelona will host Galatasaray directed by Domènec Torrent at the Camp Nou. The Catalans will face the Turks this Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16

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The FC Barcelona continues his way in the Europe League. Afterwards to win with contundecia to the Napoli of Luciano Spalletti, the Barcelona group will see the faces with the big Turkish Galatasaray. The culés want to follow his European adventure and achieve the only title that have to the hand, and to achieve it, will have to win to the 'galata'. This Thursday will contest the commitment of gone in the stadium Camp Nou to the 21:00 Spanish hours.

The blaugranas expect to do cost his condition of venue, with a result that them of tranquility of face to the turn in Turkey. The team trained by Xavi enjoys of a present 'sweet'. They come to win by 1-2 to the Elche in the Matínez Valero and expect to follow with his good moment in front of 'the lions'. The spirits are to tope in the club, and a victory would go up even more the morals.

The Galatasaray arrives to the meeting after losing in his visit to the Konyaspor (2-0), the one who situates in the second position of the Superliga of Turkey. However, his walk in the Europe League has been very different, and will land in the Camp Nou without having lost any party of the phase of groups, where competed with the Lazio, the Olympique Marseilles, and the Lokomotiv Moscow.

The barcelonismo expects that the results and the good game showed in the last parties do not remain only like a series, and that the good walk of the team continue in what it remains of season. Xavi Hernández will modify his eleven of 'gala' and will do rotations to give rest to some players that come with a heavy load of minutes in his legs. It will change some pieces in attack and 'will move index card' in the midfield and the defence.

The changes in the eleven

Eric García could be one of the surprises in the alignment of the Barça, the international would go in in place of Gerard Hammered, that to his 35 years comes to do a big physical wear in the last 3 parties. Another novelty would be the one of Sergiño Dest to the detriment of Dani Alves. The Brazilian player is not inscribed in the Europe League, by what the American would do charge of the right band in the Camp Nou.

In the medullary, the one of Terrassa could disarm his favourite trident, conformed by Sergio Busquets, Frenkie of Jong and Pedri González, to give him step to the youngster Nico. The young Catalan promise would occupy the place of 'Busi' in the midfield, leaving to the Dutch like the attendant of the defensive works in the centre of the field.

The attack could see very changed in comparison to the presented in Elche. Adama Would occupy the right band, whereas Ferran would act by the centre and Dembélé by the left. The one of valency comes to mark in front of the 'ilicitanos' and the French this in a good state so that it could take advantage of Xavi to hurt him to the Turkish by the bands.

An important drop for the culés

Gavi Will not be this Thursday in the Camp Nou for the party of the gone of eighth of final. The one of Seville is sanctioned after seeing in front of the team napolitano the third yellow in European competition this season. Although the Barça was contesting another competition (first Champions and now Europe League), the yellow seen in the League of Champions keep and like the youngster saw two cards in the phase of groups, when seeing the third in front of the Naples loses the party of gone in front of the Galatasaray.

In front of this drop, the Danish Martin Braithwaite has returned to the announcement of Xavi. The footballer goes back to the list after having remained went for the party of the last weekend in front of the Elche. In the meantime, the Turkish group has the complete staff to contest the crash in front of the blaugranas.

The Barça, clear favourite

The group trained by the egarense arrives in his best moment of the season. It does not know the defeat from does 8 parties, in which it has empatado 2 times and has won in other 6. Besides, the good game of the team ilusiona to the fans blaugranas, that see like favourites to win the series in front of the 'galata' and believe able to heave the continental title.

By the another side, the Galatasaray arrives in a low state of form. And it is that the red team and orange is at present twelfth of the Superliga Turkish, to 12 points of Europe and to more than 30 of the leader, the Trabzonspor. For a so winning team like the Turkish, is a season to forget in the national tournament. In Europe, however, has showed another face and is invicto in the competition. Although the possibilities are few, if 'the lions' attain to go with a tie of Barcelona, can give the surprise with the support of the fans in Istanbul.

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