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Published:1/10/2021 - 22:26h

Updated:2/10/2021 - 19:44h

Barça visits Atlético in the duel corresponding to the eighth day of LaLiga, with the obligation to add three points and thus cut distances with the teams at the top of the table

In the middle of the institutional storm, the situation of Ronald Koeman and the casting to look for a new trainer, the FC Barcelona takes action in LaLiga Santander, with the corresponding party to the eighth day of the Spanish championship, in which they will visit to the Athletic of Madrid in Wanda Metropolitan. The balloon will throw to run to the 21:00 hours and the Barça only can allow add three points in front of a rival to the that did not achieve to win the past course, with a defeat (1-0) and tie (0-0).

The two teams arrive in a similar situation in this start of season, because they have left feelings very alarming in his last parties. The Barça, by his part, has starred a too irregular dynamics that keeps him very move# away of the leadership of the classification, whereas in the Champions Leaguand have signed two true humiliations, remaining without points, shots or goals. The last party, in fact, went in the previous of the visit to Madrid, the past Wednesday.

The Barça arrives with too many doubts, uncertainty and pessimism. The "this is what there is" has installed in the team and are few the options that for the moment can visualise in the short term to improve. This, nevertheless, is not an excuse so that the Barcelona jump to the field of Wanda Metropolitan with the only mission to add three points. A tie would be the same that a defeat. For this, is likely that Koeman go back to the approach that better results has given in this beginning of season: the 4-3-3, with Gavi or Nico like headlines to replace to Pedri.

The Athletic is a team that is used to to play very vertical and that takes advantage of the big speed of his players to arm contragolpes, reason by which results essential that the defenders are very enchufados and that in the medullary the Barça impose his absolute command to avoid 'surprises', as the one who occurred in November of the past year that derived in the only goal of the party in Wanda Metropolitan, with a 'novatada' of the defence and Ter Stegen from the centre of the field. Of the same way, the Barcelona have to try, in any case, 'resolve' the party as soon as possible, because the Athletic always marks to last hour...

The Barça has to impose and look for that it play to what the Barcelona want to, but also know replegarse in the moment indicated, shutting if necessary, because the rojiblancos are very powerful, besides, in the unemployed balloon. Again, the keep 'put' in the party will be one of the big keys of the Barcelona. Por Another part, it is necessary to demand him more to Memphis, Luuk, Demir or those who go to be in the forward because Jan Oblak is a wall and will do fault, surely, a lot of occasions to be able to penetrate the goal of the Madrilenian.

The culés, with important drops

The FC Barcelona will have a few drops to visit Wanda Metropolitan, considering that Ronald Koeman will be from the loge, fulfilling his last party of sanction after having been expelled the past week in the visit to the Cádiz. Of the same way, will not be Pedri González, the one who has suffered a relapse of his injury. The Barça has confirmed this Friday that suffers a muscular injury in the cuádriceps of the left thigh. The Tenerifean adds to the list of drops, beside Dembélé, 'Kun' Agüero and Martin Braithwaite. The good news, in any case, is that the culés have recovered to Jordi Alba, of his physical ailments, and Frenkie of Jong, the one who had been suspended by a party.