Alignment of the FC Barcelona against the RCD Espanyol in the Camp Nou

MESSI, HEADLINE IN SPITE OF NOT BEING To 100%

Alignments of the J29 of LaLiga: FC Barcelona-RCD Espanyol

Published:29/03/2019 - 15:00h

Updated:30/03/2019 - 18:12h

Ernesto Valverde has wanted to leave clear the importance of the 'derbi' in front of the Espanyol, and therefore it has been conservative to the hour to take out an eleven headline with the majority of his stars in the Camp Nou. This is the XI of the Barça: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Hammered, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Arthur; Messi, Coutinho and Suárez

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Passed already the international stop of selections, the FC Barcelona faces the key third of the season 2018-19 with the premise to achieve the best possible results to tie up the titles in dispute. The duel of this Saturday is at all less than a 'derbi' against the Espanyol, by what Ernesto Valverde has not wanted to abuse of the rotations in front of a rival that always is used to to give 'war', although it was in the Camp Nou.

The FC Barcelona arrives to the crash against the decimotercer classified of LaLiga Santander 2018-19 after having consummated two weeks 'magic' in the fight by the triplete, just before the stop of March. And it is that the Barça attained two victories followed against the Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabéu (0-3 and 0-1), that served to delete the team merengue of the conflict by LaLiga and the Glass of Rey. To these triumphs it is necessary to add the 3-1 in front of the Ray and the 1-4 against the Real Betis, with exhibition of Messi. And all this without explaining the pass to quarter-finals of the Champions League.

After this carousel of important victories, the Barcelona knows that it will be indispensable to harvest a new triumph in front of the Espanyol to continue with the good series, and like this follow giving steps in the career for sentencing LaLiga mathematically. By this reason, Ernesto Valverde will take out in front of the Espanyol an eleven without hardly rotations, although some drops are forced like the ones of Jasper Cillessen, Dembélé and Rafinha Alcántara. Jeison Murillo, Todibo and Thomas Vermaelen have been descartados by technical decision.

These are the XI of FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol

XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Hammered, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Arthur, Rakitic; Messi, Coutinho and Luis Suárez.

Bench of the Barça: Iñaki Crag (30), Arturo Vidal, Sergi Roberto, Malcom, Umtiti, Boateng and Aleñá.

XI of the RCD Espanyol: Diego López; Rosebushes, Naldo, Beautiful, Pedrosa, L. López; Granary, Marc Rock, V. Sánchez, Melendo; Borja Churches.

Ernesto Valverde no fía never of the Espanyol, and will present an eleven of maximum quality and fully competitive. The technician extremeño knows that it will need the best version of his team to bend to a group 'perico' that, although it is starring an irregular path in League, follows leaving the skin in each crash to try go up positions in the classification.

In the eleven against the RCD Espanyol, Jordi Alba and Nélson Semedo will occupy the sides, whereas the couple of head offices will be formed by Hammered and Lenglet to protect the goal of Ter Stegen. In the centre of the field, Arthur will go back to be headline to accompany to Rakitic and Busquets. Coutinho, Messi and Suárez will form the front of attack, whereas Malcom and Boateng could have minutes in the second part.

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