Chelsea and the FC Barcelona will find in the duel of Champions League that will determine the victorious of the round of eighth of final, that will obtain a note for the chambers. In spite of that the Barcelona arrived with better feelings to the party, the team londinense achieved to start a tie in the duel of gone and leave the eliminatory open.
For said party, Andrés Iniesta would need a miracle to recover to time of the injury that suffered in front of the Athletic of Madrid. On the other hand, Philippe Coutinho can not participate in Champions League for having it done before with the Liverpool. They are doors that close him to Ernesto Valverde, although there are others that could him open.
One of them is the one of Ousmane Dembélé, that expects anxious his opportunity to claim . The French will have to compete by two places with André Gomes, Paulinho and Aleix Vidal. The big bajón of performance of the Brazilian midfield player added to the discreet level that are showing the Portuguese and the Catalan do that Ousmane Dembélé have real possibilities to split in the eleven initial against Chelsea.
Dembélé, the man that has to contribute desborde
The French extreme will have to progress to assume the role that had Neymar in the Barça, since it is the player of profile more seemed of the Barcelona staff to the crack of the PSG. Dembélé Has dribbling, has speed and the capacity to play in the two bands. In parties complicated like the one of Chelsea, has to be he the one who help to open the field and to separate the defensive lines so that Leo Messi can manoeuvre without so many markers on.
The philosophy of the team with Ousmane Dembélé is the one of not running too much. The Barcelona extreme, in spite of being the second more expensive signing of the history of the club, only has 20 years. Subject him to the pressure to have to be decisive from the first day is something that does not help him neither to his development neither to his immediate performance. However, it expects that it take a step forward and it could be against Chelsea.