The FC Barcelona already has gone back to the work and in January this means two parties by week. After premièring the year with a tie copero in front of the Celtic, the Catalans want to go back to the senda of the victory with the visit of the Raise to the Camp Nou. With the doubt of if there will be or no a very special visitor in the terracing, Ernesto Valverde wants to keep the attention on the lawn, where his team has showed that in spite of not having easy rival, neither is simple to contain him.
For the duel, the Barcelona arrive with the drops of Samuel Umtiti, Paco Alcácer and Burn Turan by injuries of diverse consideration. Besides, Rafinha Alcántara, Gerard Deulofeu and Aleix Vidal also remain was, in his case by technical decision, and Sergio Busquets will do it by accumulation of cautions.
This is the XI of the Barça in front of the Raise
XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Mascherano, Vermaelen, Alba; Rakitic, Paulinho, Iniesta, Dembélé; Suárez and Messi.
XI of the Raise: Oier; Moore, Cabaco, Postigo, Moon; Lerma, Lukic, Doukouré; Ivi, Boateng and Jason.
Bench of the Barça: Cillessen, Semedo, Hammered, Denis, Digne, André Gomes, Arnáiz.
Although it has gone doing proofs in the last days, Ernesto Valverde will go back to the 4-4-2 in spite of the presence of an Ousmane Dembélé that goes back to the titularity very soon. The greater novelty in the defence puts it Javier Mascherano that appears in the eleven initial in a party that smells to farewell, and the medullary will guide it Ivan Rakitic from the pivote beside Andrés Iniesta and Paulinho. After some days more than rest and as it is usual, Luis Suárez and Leo Messi will be the references up.
The Raise, by his part, has announced that it will not limit only to play to the against, because it knows that the Barça can be lethal if round the area with ease. Juan Ramón López Muñiz has not hinted of his plans, but expects that in addition to the serious defence that characterises to his, there is some surprise in the approach. In what the referee of beginning to the meeting, the swords will be in high, and will be the balloon the one who decide.