Leo Messi, presionado by three players of the Athletic Club of Bilbao

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High pressure and the turn of Aduriz, the dangers of the Athletic Club

Published:2/02/2017 - 10:21h

Updated:4/02/2017 - 18:13h

The Barça will go back to confront to the Athletic of Bilbao by third time in a month, after the eliminatory of eighth of final of the Glass of Rey. The Barcelona will have to have a lot of care of the pressure of the Athletic and of the turn of Aduriz to the Camp Nou

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FC Barcelona and Athletic of Bilbao will go back to see the faces by third time in less than a month, in the vigesimoprimera day of LaLiga 2016-17. After the two previous duels, the blaugranas know perfectly that they will have to walk with eye regarding some dangerousnesses and strong points of the group trained by Ernesto Valverde, especially regarding the unemployed balloon and the aerial game.

The Athletic has been from always a club with an identity of game very marked, characterised by the direct game and the presence of a tip corpulento and of height in the flank of attack to the one who hang him balloons. This forward will be an Aritz Aduriz that, to his 34 years, finds still in a perfect state of form to rid a hard war with Hammered, Umtiti, Mascherano or any head office of the Barcelona. Precisely with the French had a "fight" in Glass that happened him bill in the turn contested in the Camp Nou and that will go back him to be remembered this Saturday.

Aduriz And Williams, main dangers

The FC Barcelona, besides, will have to put special attention to his backs, since the Athletic is a team that goes out very well to the contragolpe thanks to the speed of men like Muniain and Williams. Neither they will be able to them culés remain static with the balloon in the feet, since they will be forced to take fast decisions to try break the aggressive offensive pressure of the Athletic.

It treats of a team, the one of the "lions", that does not leave to go out playing with ease to the groups to which confronts , by what will be necessary that the central culés are inspired to the hour to take out the spherical against the Basques and, especially, that the men of the centre of the field are able to move fluently to support to the team in the exit of balloon.

Once surpassed the two first barriers of pressure of the Athletic, if the balloon arrives to the boots of Neymar Jr, Leo Messi or Luis Suárez near of the area of Gorka Iraizoz the Athletic will suffer, in spite of having a férrea defensive line led by Aymeric Laporte backwards. All this already was tested and "broken" in Glass, although the defeat by two to one of the gone does to think that it is necessary to go out with tension from the first moment.

The Barça, to "drown" the centre of the field of the Athletic

Regarding the game of the Athletic, one of the keys will be "to drown" in the centre of the field to Beñat, the big brain of the team rojiblanco, whereas it will be very important to go out the same of "enchufados" as in front of the Athletic of Madrid the past Wednesday. A pair of goals in the first 45 minutes will do that the Barça follow to the hunting of the leader in the domestic competition.

Raúl García also will be a nuisance in the forward, but expects that the good do defensive of the centre of the field and the defence prevent that they arrive too many balloons to the Basque tips. If the Barça plays as it is doing it the last weeks, will have a lot of terrain won.

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