The Barça, in search of the eighth of Glass of the King in front of a Cultural that will not give at all

It approaches a dangerous formality for the FC Barcelona. The team of Ernesto Valverde has been able, until the moment, to ensure mathematically the pass to eighth of final of the Champions League being missing a party in the phase of groups and also to recover the leadership in LaLiga Santander that had the Seville before the past weekend.

Now it touches to fulfil in the Glass of Rey. The FC Barcelona will measure to the Cultural Leonese this Wednesday 5 December to the 21:30 in the Camp Nou in the corresponding duel to the turn of the dieciseisavos of final. The result in the party of gone -victory by the minimum of the culés by 0-1- gives a light advantage, but touches to sentence.

No voucher relax. It is true that the party is against a rival of Second Division B, but also is it that, in the party of gone, the Leoneses generated numerous occasions of goal that could have given more than a fright to the team of Valverde. The pass of eighth is affordable but does not have to lose the competitive tension, since the Cultural will go out to die in the duel.

The Txingurri will take advantage of the meeting to give rest to an important part of the staff. Gerard Hammered, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Leo Messi, that are four of the players with more minutes contested, have not gone in in the list to play against the Cultural Leonese. Neither they have done it Luis Suárez, Samuel Umtiti neither Sergi Roberto, that follow lesionados.

Arthur has been another of which has not received the high in spite of having improved of his physical annoyances, but yes have gone in in the list of summoned Jasper Cillessen and Thomas Vermaelen, that were doubt until the last moment although it foresees that the two are headlines. Sergi Samper, in a similar case to the of Arthur, will lose the party.

It foresees that Ernesto Valverde pose an alignment with a mix of usual headlines -as Rakitic or Coutinho- together with players with need to claim like Malcom, Aleñá, Denis or Munir, in addition to Cillessen. Besides, six players of the filial have gone in in the announcement and expects that, at least Juan Miranda, have his place in the eleven. 

The Cultural Leonese, out of sorts

The Cultural Leonese is one of the big applicants of the first group of Second Division B to contest the promotion of promotion to Second Division To. Surprisingly, the Leonese group suffers an important crisis of results since it faced his party of gone of Glass of the King against the FC Barcelona.

In fact, the last victory of the group of Víctor Cea was the one of just before receiving to the Barcelona, with a victory on the International of Madrid by 3-1. Since, the Leoneses have suffered two defeats -against the FC Barcelona and the Salmantino- and four ties, against the Celtic of Vigo B, the Fuenlabrada, the Ponferradina and the Boroughs.

The Glass of the King is a big economic advantage for the teams of Second Division B, since the taquilla and the televisions contribute them a lot of extra income, but is showed that, to sportive level, is not so positive. The players face the challenge with illusion, but in occasions think so much in these parties that forget the ones of League.

Statistics and dangers of the Cultural

Something like this happens with a Cultural Leonese that will go out to die in the Camp Nou. The numbers of the team in Second Division B are not big thing: at present, they find fifth to three points of the promotion, with 21 goals annotated and 15 fit. Some figures that have seen mermadas in the last parties of the Leoneses.

To level goleador, there is not any footballer that stand out especially for being the 'killer' of the team, but yes there are two players that have annotated five goals each one in the current championship of Second Division B. It treats of Aridane and Hugo Rodríguez, two attackers that mix well between them. Zelu Also is a figure stood out.

In his last press conference, Víctor Cea technical of the Cultural, left clear that, in spite of the illusion that there is deposited in the Glass, the priority is the League: "Now it touches to compete in Glass, but the maximum priority is the league, is where need to give ours better version. We want that when finish the party of the Sunday, the people leave proud of his team". It was as it was, they will not give at all.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona-Cultural Leonese

• Party: FC Barcelona-Cultural Leonese
• Competition: Glass of the King 2018-19
• Stadium: Camp Nou BUY ENTRANCES
• Schedules and television: Wednesday 5 December 21:30h (Spanish hour)
• Calendar 2018-19: League Santander, Champions League, Glass of Rey