The week of the Classical has arrived loaded of news, and one of them has been the doubt on Andrés Iniesta, 'touched' and training separate to few days of his last FC Barcelona-Real Madrid. Finally it seems that it will arrive to time, but although it has exercised with the group, do not go to take risks.
Ernesto Valverde has been valuing alternative in case it was necessary to leave in the bench to the captain with the intention to give him minutes in the second time. The management of the manchego has been key along the season, and although no longer there is at all at stake, his farewell and the World-wide still explain a lot. It is not necessary to force.
The initial alignment of the Barcelona group is practically clear-cut, and a priori will have Philippe Coutinho in his rows. If it is not the one of Fuentealbilla, will remain another free vacancy in the eleven headline, and there are several clear applicants to occupy his place. As it has occurred in some occasion in the last months, the Txingurri could surprise, by what until hours before the party, will not know which is the definite bet.
The candidates to suplir to Iniesta in the Classical
Paulinho
It has been one of the most usual, although in the final stretch of the campaign has lost presence by his own physical wear. The most normal would be that the Brazilian occupied the right band and left to Coutinho the left, contributing more muscle and arrival but losing creativity with the balloon. Already it has showed that knows to be to the height.
Ousmane Dembélé
It is one of the big favourites for a forward of dream, but Valverde has preferred up to now have patience with him. Again, Dembélé would approach to the right-handed band and would leave the left-handed lane for the '14', with a profile more habituado to play to leg changed. A good performance in the Classical would be the best of the motivations before closing an irregular year.
Denis Suárez
Another possibility something remote but quite logical, since the characteristics of Denis Suárez and Andrés Iniesta are quite similar. However, of the same way that the French, to the Galician does him lacking settle, and others with more experience could close him the step to the titularity.
The 'covered'
Between the alternatives of which has Valverde, there is some less used but equally valid, like the possibility to give entrance to Nélson Semedo and advance to Sergi Roberto. A Classical seems less given to experiments, but the extremeño has showed that no short to the hour to make his own bets for important meetings.