Ernesto Valverde did not have contemplations to the hour do his eleven initial against the Villarreal. The Barcelona trainer hinted in the previous press conference to the crash in front of the 'yellow submarine', that went to do few rotations, but the reality has been very distinct. The extremeño has surprised to all the world leaving in the bench to three heavy weights of the changing room culé: Leo Messi, Gerard Hammered and Ivan Rakitic.
An authentic bombazo that anybody expected , but that in the sportive press came warning from does time. The three have played a lot of minutes this course and have a load of parties tremenda. Sometime Valverde had to give them rest and the ex of the Athletic Club has decided to do it against the Villarreal.
Leo Messi came to do another meeting sensacional against the Espanyol. The Argentinian marked two goals in front of the Barcelonan group in the 'derby' and went the best of the crash with a lot of difference. But the '10' arrived quite just physically to the party, after having to go back of the concentration of the Argentinian selection. Had annoyances in the pubis and rested a week thinking in the 'derby'. It arrived, it played and it won, but the 'Txingurri' seems that it has not wanted to force with him in the Stadium of the Ceramics.
Gerard Hammered is another of the remarkable absences in the eleven of Valverde. The central Catalan comes to play all the minutes in LaLiga Santander and during an instant seemed that it did not go to rest never. But the ex international Spanish does not leave to be a common human being and also needs rest. The fact to have in the bench to a footballer of the size of Umtiti does that leave went to Hammered was simpler and hurt less.
Finally, Ivan Rakitic neither has gone in in the eleven of Ernesto Valverde. The technician barcelonista is conscious that the Croat has played it almost all and is of the most used footballers this campaign. Therefore, it has preferred that it expect in the bench so that it was fresco of face to the crash against the Athletic of Madrid of the next Saturday.
Messi, Hammered and Rakitic will be headlines against the Athletic
The suplencia of the three against the Villarreal ensures that so much Messi, Rakitic and Hammered will be headlines in the FC Barcelona-Athletic of Madrid of this next Saturday. A meeting that will be decisive for this League Santander, since a victory culé would leave LaLiga sight for sentence. Therefore, Valverde prefers that these three heavy weights rest in Villarreal to have the loaded batteries against the rojiblancos.