Previous of the Athletic-FC Barcelona of eighth of Glass of Rey

GONE OF EIGHTH OF GLASS OF REY

Athletic-Barça: To begin 2017 decanting the 1/8 of Glass

Published:2/01/2017 - 20:12h

Updated:5/01/2017 - 22:24h

The FC Barcelona travels to Saint Mamés with the best players of the staff and the illusion to begin 2017 in style, decanting the eliminatory of eighth of final of Glass of the King 2016-17. The Athletic will not put it at all easy

The FC Barcelona wants to avoid that it fulfil the old said "new year, new life", and wait that in Saint Mamés can take out to relucir the same big level of game that lució during the last weeks attaining goleadas in League Santander, Glass of Rey and UEFA Champions League. For this, Luis Enrique has made a list of summoned with the presence of his best players and the only drop of Jasper Cillessen, that will have to see by television to Ter Stegen or Masip -presumably the first- defending the Barcelona goal. The Barça of Luis Enrique has the main will to achieve a victory that serve to decant the eighth of final of Glass of the King in The Cathedral.

However, the ones of "Struggle" will have also the challenge added to begin the year 2017 with a victory, something that have not achieved with the Asturian technician in the bench the two previous years because of the defeat in Anoeta in 2015 (1-0) and the tie in Cornellá-The Prat in 2016 (0-0), precisely also in a gone of eighth of Glass. This challenge added will cause that, although the Sunday the Barça have to play a new important party of League Santander against the Villarreal out of house, Luis Enrique make an alignment of full guarantees to try sentence already in Bilbao the eliminatory copera, with the presence of the "MSN" in the flank of attack.

Mascherano Or Umtiti will rest, but foresees that Sergi Roberto, Gerard Hammered and Jordi Alba are fixed in the defence, as well as Busquets, Iniesta and Rakitic in the centre of the field, although players like Lucas Digne, André Gomes or Burn Turan could have minutes going out from the bench or giving the big surprise in the eleven. By part of the Athletic, will have the drop stood out of Yeray Álvarez, the central youngster to the one who does few days diagnosed a testicular tumor; a misfortune that definitely will be a motivation more for his mates against the Barcelona.

Athletic-Barça, all a "Classical "" in Glass of Rey

It fits recalcar that Athletic and FC Barcelona are the two clubs that have in his list of winners more titles of Glass of Rey, 23 trophies the "lions" and 28 the Barcelona, what leaves clear the presence of a party between two "big" with win to offer show in both meetings. The Athletic, in any case, lives at present a relation of love-hate against the culés. The Basques achieved the first title in a lot of years winning the Supercopa of Spain 2015 to the FC Barcelona, but the Barcelona club has been an authentic nightmare for the "lions" especially in Glass of the King during the last times, winning them three finals and deleting them also in previous rounds in other occasions.

The past campaign in Glass of Rey, without going more far, the FC Barcelona won in eighth of final to the Athletic by an adjusted 1-2 in the gone and 3-1 in the Camp Nou. In eight years have confronted in three finals and two eliminatory of Glass, in addition to in two Supercopas of Spain, so it can say that we find us first of all a "classical "" of the Spanish football. Fernández Borbalán will be the referee commissioned to give justice on the terrain of game, although it expects that it prevail the game between two teams accustomed to have high percentages of possession. The party will be an opportunity, without place to doubts, so that the Barça begin well the year and so that it do it Neymar Jr in the individual plane. The Brazilian star needs to mark and sign a big performance to recover the confidence and the best provision. That the luck accompany him.