Barça's 'Tourmalet' to finish 2023 with options to continue fighting in LaLiga and Champions League

The tie of the FC Barcelona in front of the Ray Vallecano (1-1) kept the doubts showed by the Barcelona group in the last weeks. The alarms by the bajón of performance keep just when the team prepares to face the 'Tourmalet' final of the calendar 2023 and, with this, the first-half of the season; four weeks with six parties that can define a lot of things for the ones of Xavi Hernández.

Of here to the Wednesday 20 December, day in which LaLiga will begin the stop navideño (two weeks), the Barça plays ensure the leadership of his group of Champions for the first time from the season 2019/20 and, to his time, go back to stick in the fight by the title suspender belt. The tie in front of the Ray can expand the brecha with the leader Girona to 6 points two weeks before confronting to the ones of Míchel in Montjuïc, whereas the Real Madrid also can take out 4 points to the culés if it wins in Cádiz.

The next two days of League, keys for the fight by the title

In this sense, the two next days of League are transcendental for the fight by the title. The Barça will receive to the Athletic of Madrid next Sunday in Montjuïc and, a week later, will follow suit with the Girona. The 'colchoneros' already equalised the Barcelona line (31 points) with his victory by the minimum the Saturday (1-0 in front of the Mallorca) and, to mark in Catalonia, can despegarse of the ones of Xavi if they add of to three in his pending day against the Seville, a crash that will play on 23 December in the Metropolitan.

In the meantime, the Girona also can arrive with at least 6 points of advantage to the Estadi Lluís Companys if it wins the Monday home to the Athletic, an advantage that even can pull to 8 or 9 units if the Barça 'puncture' again in front of the Athletic and the ones of Míchel add of to three in the date 14 in front of Valencia the Saturday. The Madrid, by his part, also can take out benefit of these direct duels between the first classified if it does the plenary in front of Cádiz, Granada and Betis.

After receiving to the Girona, the Barça will go to Mestalla to confront to Valencia the Saturday 16, with the revancha in front of the Amberes in half to close the phase of groups of the Champions. The ones of Xavi will sack the 2023 home, the Wednesday 23 December, in front of the Almería. A pair of weeks later, the 2024 will have to the UD The Palms like first rival, in Canarian.

In Champions it is necessary to win to the Port wine to seal the leadership of group

In Champions, the calendar is, in theory, more accessible for the Barcelona group. This Tuesday, Montjuïc will receive to the Port wine, instrument that the ones of Xavi already won, with difficulties, in Portugal by the minimum (0-1). The surprising fall of the Barça in front of the Shakhtar (1-0) allowed to the 'dragons' equalise to the culés so much in points (9) as in the differential goleador (+6).

In this sense, the Barça is forced to win the Tuesday to ensure the leadership of the Group H, a factor besides determinant to avoid to one of the 'coconuts' in eighth. Besides, a defeat against the Port wine, even, can engage seriously the classification of unexpected form, with a day for contesting. The phase of groups for the culés closes the Wednesday 13 December in Belgium against the Amberes, a party a priori very accessible.