DAY 3 OF CHAMPIONS
Alignments of the J3 of Champions: FC Barcelona-Inter
Published:23/10/2018 - 10:01h
Updated:24/10/2018 - 22:48h
After saldar with victory the two first parties of Champions League, now touches to measure to the Inter of Milan in search of the leadership in solitary. This yes, without Leo Messi. These are the eleven players chosen by Ernesto Valverde
After recovering the leadership in LaLiga, the FC Barcelona wants to strengthen also in the first position of his group in the Champions League. It does not go to be simple because there are some circumstances that are against and the Inter of Milan neither is an affordable rival but, today from the 21:00 hours, the aim is to add other three points and approach to the eighth of final.
The main novelty will be the drop of Leo Messi, that will be three weeks of drop. The Argentinian is the principle and the end of this team and his injury has arrived in a moment inopportune, with a calendar of full parties of very hard crashes. The first will be the visit of the Inter, that arrives to the Camp Nou in the prologue of the Classical against the Real Madrid.
Ernesto Valverde already warned that the Argentinian is an impossible player of suplir by another piece that do the same work, by what all the players will have to undertake a step at the front and give a 120 percent of his best football. The changing room has clear that, without his big leader on the lawn, has to involve to the maximum so that his absence notice the less possible in the results.
It is necessary to remember that the Inter of Milan is colíder with the FC Barcelona in the Champions League, but also is third in the Series To. The neroazzurros have turned into a very dangerous team that it is able of rentabilizar the few goals that marks and transform them in points. The eleven elected will have to be alert so that it do not escape one of the big parties of the season.
This is the XI of the Barça in front of the Inter:
XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Hammered, Lenglet, Alba, Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur, Coutinho, Rafinha, Luis Suárez.
XI of the Inter of Milan: Handanovic, D'Ambrosio, Skriniar, Miranda, Asamoah; Brozovic, Neighbour; Candreva, Borja Valero, Perisic; Icardi
Bench of the Barça: Cillessen, Chumi, Semedo, Dembélé, Munir, Arturo Vidal, Malcom.
Ernesto Valverde has bet finally by Rafinha like player to occupy the position of Leo Messi. The Brazilian, that precisely played with the Inter of Milan the second part of the past season, will see the faces with his ex team. The rest of the alignment, the one who could foresee , with the return of Sergi Roberto after surpassing his injury.
