THE CULÉS WILL NOT HAVE BREATH
Barça's extremely tough calendar to welcome 2023
Barça will start this 2023 with an 'infernal' calendar from the month of January, where they will play three competitions simultaneously and the strength of the squad will be put to the test
The FC Barcelona, to fault that Jules Koundé reincorpore, already has almost the whole of his staff of face to the commitment suspender belt of this Saturday in front of the Espanyol. It will be the first party of the club from the stop by the World-wide of Qatar, that luckily for the technical body did not leave any drop by injury. However, the Barcelona will have a very tightened calendar and almost without pauses during the second half of the campaign.
After the derbi Catalan will have a seguidilla of parties that will involve to three different competitions, contesting League, Glass of Rey and Supercopa of Spain without any rest between week. The culés will have to visit the Cívitas Metropolitan to measure in front of the Athletic of Madrid, for afterwards travel to Riad and confront to the Betis in the Supercopa, taking into account a possible crash in front of the Real Madrid in the final. Also it is important to stand out that they will face the three first clashes of League without the services of Robert Lewandowski by sanction, what will suppose a challenge to keep the leadership.
The months of January and February tornan bustled for Xavi Hernández and company with parties of high tension against Getafe, Girona, Betis, Seville and Villarreal. Added to this, will compete in the round of dieciseisavos of the Europe League in front of the Manchester United, a historical rival that will demand to the maximum to the group blaugrana. In fact, the Barça could contest a total of 41 parties if it keeps alive in all the competitions until LaLiga go down his curtain on 4 June, four days after the final of the second continental competition.
Like this the things, the Barcelona will not have rest between week to stand up in Glass and Europe until the crossing suspender belt in front of the Madrid the Sunday 19 March, just before the stop FIFA that will cover the last days of the month. The previous of the Classical will be custodiada by the gone and turn of eighth of Europe League and also by the turn of some hypothetical semifinals of Glass. Besides, during the months of April and May also will contest split of League between week, what complicates even more the infernal calendar that expects him to the Catalans.
The rotations and the calendar
With all this on the table, will be vital for the good exert of the team that the injuries escaseen and that all the group was in tuning, since the rotations will be abundant in each one of the competitions. Xavi will do constant changes and those footballers with fewer minutes will begin to be leading in the alignments if they want to aspire to win it everything. The character of the team will be in trial in an atypical season thanks to the appointment mundialista.
Like this they will be the first three months of the 2023:
- Wednesday 4 January: Glass of Rey (1/16) vs Intercity (21.00h) in Alicante. Sunday 8: League (J16) vs Athletic of Madrid (21.00h) in Madrid. Thursday 12: Supercopa (semis) vs Betis (20.00h) in Saudi Arabia. Sunday 15: Supercopa (final) vs Real Madrid/Valencia in Saudi Arabia. Wednesday 18: Glass of Rey (1/8; rival for defining). Saturday 21 or Sunday 22: League (J18) vs Getafe in Barcelona. Thursday 25: Glass of Rey (1/4; rival for defining). Saturday 28 or Sunday 29: League (J19) vs Girona in Girona.
- Wednesday 1 February: League (J17) vs Betis (21.00h) in Seville. Saturday 4 or Sunday 5: League (J20) vs Seville in Barcelona. Wednesday 8: Glass of Rey (semis gone; rival for defining). Saturday 11 or Sunday 12: League (J21) vs Villarreal in Villarreal. Thursday 16: Eurpa League (1/16 gone) vs Manchester United (18.45h) in Barcelona. Sunday 19: League (J22) vs Cádiz in Barcelona. Thursday 23: Europe League (1/16 turn) vs Manchester United (21.00h) in Manchester. Sunday 26: League (J23) vs Almería in Almería.
- Wednesday 1 March: Glass of Rey (semis gone back; rival for defining). Saturday 4 or Sunday 5: League (J24) vs Valencia in Barcelona. Thursday 9: Europe League (1/8 gone; rival for defining). Saturday 11 or Sunday 12: League (J25) vs Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao. Thursday 16: Europe League (1/8 turn; rival for defining). Sunday 19: League (J16) vs Real Madrid (21.00h) in Barcelona. Wednesday 22 to Wednesday 29: Stop of selections.
