ATHLETIC And MADRID DID not FAIL

The Barcelona, forced to win to the Leganés to keep his advantage in League

Published:19/01/2019 - 23:05h

Updated:21/01/2019 - 18:44h

The FC Barcelona has in the horizon the duel of Glass of the King in front of the Seville, but can not forget of LaLiga, in which, if it wants to keep the advantage at the head of the leadership, has to win to a Leganés that already knows this course what is to be the hangman culé

The Real Madrid and the Athletic did his work in his respective parties of LaLiga Santander, by what the FC Barcelona does not have margin of error if it pretends to save the five points of advantage that had when beginning the day. It will have to face up it to the Leganés, a team that has gone of less to more in the classification and that will try to win to the culés, as it already did in the first turn.

The party will take place this Sunday in the Camp Nou, to the 20:45, and Ernesto Valverde has carried probably that has. Only Rafinha Alcántara and Samuel Umtiti are drop by injury, remaining went by technical decision Denis Suárez and Sergi Samper. Waiting for possible rotations, the alignment that will present the Txingurri will be an incógnita to the end.

It is necessary to take into account that the culés have next Wednesday a complicated party of Glass of the King in the Sánchez Pizjuán against the Seville, by what involves an important probability that there are rotations in the team. In fact, Valverde recognised in press conference that until Leo Messi can rotar in the team.

In the FC Barcelona expect to obtain the seventh consecutive victory in LaLiga, prolonging the series and also protecting the advantage to the leadership. The Athletic of Madrid and the Real Madrid are increasingly strong and the three points in front of the Leganés are fundamental. We can say that it is of this type of parties in which they do not win leagues, but yes can lose.

The Barcelona remembers the defeat in Butarque

When we speak of precedents, is impossible to forget us of the party of the first turn, in which the Leganés, that then was colista of First Division, achieved to defeat, against all prognosis, to the culés. In spite of the goal of Philippe Coutinho, The Zhar and Óscar had sufficient with a minute to give him the turn to the party to do appear dark ghosts.

In spite of this critical defeat of the FC Barcelona, it is necessary to say that the Leganés never before had achieved to defeat to the FC Barcelona. Already it saw it does some months in front of the Madrilenian that these precedents do not serve of at all, but it is necessary to say that, in the others four parties played between both teams in the history, the culés always went out victorious.

Especially, it fits to stand out the two goleadas of the Catalan group in the two occasions in which it has stepped the Municipal stadium of Butarque. In the season 2016-17, the pupilos of Luis Enrique won by a conclusive 1-5 whereas, already with Ernesto Valverde in the bench, the culés won 0-3 the past campaign.

Paradoxically, it cost more defeat to the 'pepineros' in the Camp Nou. Two years ago, Leo Messi had to save, of penalti, to the culés in the minute 89 in a victory agónica by 2-1. The past season, with result of 3-1, the Leganés achieved to put the fear in the body until the late goal of Messi in the final stretch, that completed his hat trick.

The Leganés, much better that in the first party

The Leganés began LaLiga Santander of horrifying form, losing a lot of patidos and remaining in the lowest zone of the table clasificatoria. Nevertheless, the bad series of results began to change after the 'pepineros' defeated to the FC Barcelona in the first turn. Since, all has gone to better.

Said promotion in the results remembers a lot to what commented of the Raise, since the Leganés also changed his diagram of game to happen to play with three central defences and two carrileros long. This tactical change has given consistency to the team and does him more peligrodo in attack by the factor surprise of the lateralos, in addition to giving more defensive consistency.

Mauricio Pellegrino, technician of the Leganés, recognised this mejoría. "I expect that the strength of our players was in team. The Barça is in a moment very good. Have the illusion to follow improving out of house. For my the important is that the team has evolved and improved from the last time that we confront us to the Barcelona", manifested, during the previous of the meeting.

In this way, after having given with the key, the Argentinian will have to them to him devise to look for in the Camp Nou a gesta resembled the one of Butarque. The Leganés already knows what is to win to the FC Barcelona this season and goes to try repeat the situation in spite of it imponente that it is to play in the coliseo Barcelona.