PREMIÈRE OF THE BARÇA IN CHAMPIONS

The Barça begins his round to the Champions League against the PSV

Published:16/09/2018 - 07:05h

Updated:18/09/2018 - 20:32h

It has arrived the moment. After several months without European competition, the Champions League will go back to the Camp Nou and the FC Barcelona will do all the possible so that it was to remain . The PSV Eindhoven will be the first rival culé of this edition

"The past year win the League and the Glass, but remained us an espinita with the Champions, especially by the form as it produced the elimination. We go to give it all so that this so beautiful glass go back to the Camp Nou", said Leo Messi, the day that the first staff of the FC Barcelona presented in the Camp Nou in the party of the Gamper.

Now it has arrived the moment. The Catalan team has had a big start of season adding the first official title of the season -defeating to the Seville in the final of the Supercopa of Spain to only party- and contabilizando with victories the four first parties of LaLiga Santander, always so complicated by the fault of shooting.

This Tuesday, the thing puts serious: it touches to restart the Champions League, that carries being the big pending subject of the Barcelona team in the three last years, where in any of them has happened the eliminatory of quarter-finals. Little more than five months have happened since the ones of Ernesto Valverde fell in front of the Rome, something that has to leave backwards to initiate the edition of the campaign 2018-19.

The PSV Eindhoven, current champion of the Eredivisie Dutch and team that in the draw found in the bass drum number 3, will be the first rival of the FC Barcelona in the League of Champions in a meeting that will take place in the Camp Nou this Tuesday 18 September in the Camp Nou, by what the fans culé will be able to see to his team in the most expected competition.

The Dutch team, trained by the ex player of the Barça Mark go Bommel, arrives like the cenicienta of the group by the presence of other powerful rivals like the Tottenham Hotspur or the Inter of Milan, but does not be necessary to forget that it won the Dutch league by in front of the Ajax of the ones of Ligt, Of Jong and company. It will be an uncomfortable rival that will require all the possible concentration.

Thus, it expects that Ernesto Valverde no especule at all for the European première and that the alignment was the formed by Ter Stegen in the goal, a defence with Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Gerard Hammered and Jordi Alba; a centre of the field with Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic and Philippe Coutinho; and a forward with Leo Messi, Luis Suárez and Ousmane Dembélé.

The return of the most expected competition does that, if the Txingurri decides to do some variation, was minimum. This variation yes has arrived in the list of summoned, that has supposed the return of Arthur Melo to the team after remaining went in front of the Real Sociedad for having arrived almost without margin to prepare the meeting of his concentration with Brazil.

On the other hand, it is necessary to stand out the absence of the two players that still do not have the high medical: Sergi Samper and Malcom. Both trained with the group, but still are not available. By technical decision have remained was Denis Suárez, that finish to go out of an injury, Thomas Vermaelen and Carles Aleñá.

The PSV Eindhoven, a dangerous rival

The PSV Eindhoven part apparently like the feeblest rival of the group in which it has remained placed the FC Barcelona beside the Inter of Milan, the Tottenham and the Dutch team. Nevertheless, the staff that handles Mark go Bommel does to think that perfectly it can colarse in the Europe League remaining third or give the surprise and happen to eighth of the Champions League.

Special attention will have to put the defence of the FC Barcelona to Hirving Lozano, the player crashes of the Dutch team. The Mexican forward is in state of grace and already carries four goals in the five parties of Dutch league that has contested, to which it is necessary to add the two that marked in the previous of League of Champions.

Lozano occupies the left flank of the attack of the PSV, that bets by a 4-3-3 with Luuk of Jong like maximum offensive reference and like extreme by the another band. They are the three more dangerous players and with which will have to watch the defence culé. On the other hand, Jeroen Zoet will look for to put a wall in the goal and Jorrit Hendrix, the order in the medullary.

They go Bommel has carried 21 players to Barcelona of which will have to leave 3 in the terracings. Zoet, Room, Go Osch, Isimat, Behich, Viergever, Schwaab, Angeliño, Pereiro, Mauro, Lozano, Gutiérrez, Hendrix, Of Jong, Malen, Bergwijn, Rosario, Gakpo, Dumfries, Ramselaar and Sainsbury are the summoned.