Previous: FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club - League BBVA 2013/14 Day 34
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Published:20/04/2014 - 02:51h
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(21:00 hours, Channel 1): The FC Barcelona receives this Sunday in the Camp Nou the visit of the Athletic Club of Ernesto Valverde, the favourite of Zubizarreta for suceder to Gerardo Martino the next season. The Barcelona face the party with a defence of circumstances but with the aim to close the season of the best possible way
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The FC Barcelona looks for this Sunday in front of the Athletic Club of Bilbao (21:00 hours, Channel 1) a remedy against the deep depression in which it lives the club after the elimination of the Champions and the defeat in front of the Real Madrid in the final of the Glass of Rey. The Barcelona group needs a victory that keep it alive in the championship and that give him back the confidence, although against the Athletic the team will go back to go touched in the zone where more is suffering this season, the defence.
To the drops of Hammered, Puyol, Two Saints and Cuenca have added the ones of Neymar and Jordi Alba, lesionados. Besides, to receive to the Athletic also is drop by sanction Sergio Busquets. Without the contest of the canterano, Gerardo Martino will have to bet by Alex Song like defensive pivote. In fact, to the Cameroonian player him fichó for this, although his performance was leaving a lot that wish. In total, the Barça will receive to the Athletic with a total of 8 absences. Seven lesionados (Valdés, Hammered, Alba, Neymar, Two Saints and Cuenca), a sanctioned (Sergio Busquets) and Bartra, that although it drags muscular annoyances finally has gone in in the list for the party.
The Barcelona, third in the classification to seven points of the Athletic of Madrid (the Barça with a party less), can not yield at all to fault of five days to conclude the League, and with the last party in the Camp Nou in front of the current leader. The ones of Martino arrive to the appointment in full depression after being deleted of the Champions League in front of the Athletic and to having lost the final of Glass against the Real Madrid. Besides, the Barcelona also lost in the field of the Granada (1-0), in the day 33.
The Athletic arrives to the Camp Nou like 4º qualifier of the League
The Athletic Club arrives to Barcelona in a moment sweet, fourth qualifier of the League with 62 points and with six of advantage on his immediate perseguidor, the Seville. But the group bilbaíno no will put it to him at all easy to a Barça that already knows what is to lose against the lions this season (1-0 in the first turn). For the party the rojiblancos will not be able to have the lesionados Ekiza, Gurpegui, Ibai and Kike Alone.
The ones of Valverde do not lose to domicile from 5 January, when it lost by 2-0 in the derbi played in San Sebastián (2-0). Since, it has chained until seven parties without defeat: 1-5 in Pamplona, 0-0 in Vigo, 0-2 in the Villamarín, 1-1 in Mestalla, 1-1 in Villarreal, 0-0 in Elche and 1-2 in front of the Raise. In all the League, the Athletic Club has added six victories, five ties and five defeats like visitor, some registers that, accompanied by a big performance like local (12 victories, 3 ties and 2 defeats), have allowed him have the Champions of the next year very near.
The appointment in the Camp Nou will decide good part of the options of the Barça by the title, the Barcelona can not fail more and besides have to expect to that Athletic and Real Madrid puncture. With need of victory arrives a party with the morbo added to see to Ernesto Valverde, technician of the Basque club and favourite of Zubizarreta to substitute to Gerardo Martino in the bench of the Barça the next season.
Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club
Stadium: Camp Nou (98.772 viewers)
Competition: League BBVA 2013/14 - Day 34
Schedule and television: 21:00 hours, Channel 1/HD, Yomvi (on-line)
Referee: Martínez Munuera (Valencian School).
