To the FC Barcelona has cost him in the last weeks keep his intractable rhythm in LaLiga, but with the visit of the Athletic of Madrid has to go back to arise the image of a team that wants to be champion. The Camp Nou will judge many of the options of the two main applicants to the title, and is that if any attains to impose on the lawn will leave to his opponent with a lot of doubts. It remains a lot by in front, but this unemployed will be definite.

For the meeting, the Barcelona arrive with an alone drop by injury, the one of a Nélson Semedo that it was the last in falling and that will be some weeks more out of fight. Between the descartes by technical decision there are not too many surprises, with Denis Suárez, Aleix Vidal and Yerry Mina out of the list.

Finally, Ernesto Valverde has showed that for the big parties follows having very clear the ideas for the eleven, although they remained some appearances by pulir with several apt candidates for the place. The doubt has resolved it Philippe Coutinho, that will split in the eleven initial had to leave his footprint in the terrain of game.

This is the XI of the Barça in front of the Athletic

XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; S. Roberto, Hammered, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Coutinho; Suárez and Messi.

XI of the Athletic: Oblak; Vrsaljko, Giménez, Godín, Filipe Luis; Thomas, Gabi, Koke, Saúl; Griezmann and Diego Coast.

Bench of the Barça: Cillessen, Dembélé, Paulinho, Alcácer, Digne, André Gomes, Vermaelen.

In a party of which decide the titles, the technician trusts his 4-4-2 to give a lot balance to his. The defence appears unchanged and corresponds to the eleven of gala, and is that the greater novelties arrive in the medullary. They will be Andrés Iniesta and Philippe Coutinho the attendants to carry the handle in the centre of the field, supported by Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic. In the forward, two of the most decisive men of the Barça, Luis Suárez and Leo Messi, that will be the references up.

The Athletic, by his part, adjusts to the plan that so much performance has given him in the last weeks. With a very loaded average, the group rojiblanco looks for to contain to the 'jugones' culés, but besides impose in the transitions and strike to base of offensive speed to a rival to the that pretends to steal him the invicto. The swords are in high, LaLiga plays this Sunday.