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THE BARÇA RETURNS TO LALIGA

Everything you need to know about FC Barcelona-Granada in LaLiga

Published:19/09/2021 - 17:45h

Updated:19/09/2021 - 17:45h

Barça receives Granada at the Camp Nou this Monday with the obligation to add a new three points and dispel doubts around the team

LaLiga Santander returns to the Camp Nou. This Monday, from the 21:00 hours (in Spain), the FC Barcelona will confront to the Granada, in the corresponding party to the fifth day of the domestic championship. The picture directed by Ronald Koeman will look for to recover the good feelings and leave backwards the ghosts that have pursued to the team in the last clashes. Only it is allowed to add the three points.

The start of season of the blaugrana has not been the ideal, with a lot of lacks to defensive level and with problems to generate danger of face to the rival area. In the two last crashes of League, in front of the Athletic (1-1) and Getafe (2-1), the feelings that left the team were very agridulces, leaving in evidence that they were not showing his best expensive and that, without place to doubts, there was a lot of work by in front if the Barça thought in competing by the titles.

These bad feelings confirmed in the party in front of the Bayern of Munich, that finish with goleada of the muniqueses to sink to a Barça poor in defence and much more in the attack, that only had minutes of shine thanks to the youngest players (Alejandro Balde, Gavi, Yousuf Demir). Now, in front of the group 'nazarí', Ronald Koeman and company have an opportunity of gold to go back to win the applauses and the support of the fans from the terracings of the Camp Nou.

The Granada is a team that can complicate him the watched to the Barcelona, remembering the nightmare that supposed the last visit of the Andalusians to the City Condal, that finish with a traced back (1-2) and the sinking of a Barça that it could put leader and depend on yes same to win LaLiga. This time, the situation is distinct and the culés have to take advantage of the bad beginning of season of the directed by Ronald Koeman, those who come to lose against the Betis (1-2) and still do not know the victory in this course, with ties in front of the Villarreal (0-0) and Valencia (1-1), and a goleada in front of the Ray (4-0).

Of some way, both teams have the same aim: improve his staged in the field and leave backwards the ghosts in the beginning of this season. In the case of the Barça, the high pressure and the recovery of balloons will be key for 'drown' to the nazaríes, trusting that, besides, the forwards go back to be enchufados and that, to difference that with the Bayern, look for the goal at all times.

Previous clashes between the Barça and Granada

In addition to the mentioned traced back of the month of April of the Granada in the Camp Nou (1-2), the balance of the culés against the Andalusian group is very positive. In the previous course, golearon in the first turn of LaLiga (0-4) and completed a remontada impressive in the quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey, that had begun with a convincente victory of the venues by 2-0. Leo Messi recortó distances to two minutes of the end and Jordi Alba forced the extention in the 90+2'. Finally, the goals of Griezmann, Frenkie of Jong and another of Alba gave him the pass to the Barça to the semifinals.

Novelties in the teams before the crash

Ronald Koeman receives to the Granada with several important injuries. Two of his pillars in the team, Pedri and Jordi Alba, will not be available by injury. The left side suffers an injury in the biceps femoral of the right thigh, whereas the grancanario a muscular injury in the cuádriceps of the left thigh. On the other hand, Ansu Fati is very near to receive the high doctor by the break of the internal meniscus of the left knee that suffered in November of the past year.

In the infirmary continuan Ousmane Dembélé, Sergio Agüero and Martin Braithwaite. The French is recovering of the desinserción in the sinew of the biceps of the right knee that suffered in the Eurocopa, whereas the Argentinian has been hammering to surpass the injury tendinosa in the internal twin of the right leg. Finally, Braithwaite has begun his recovery after having been operated to treat his injury femoropatelar in the left knee.

Robert Moreno, by his part, has all his available staff, after confirming the recovery of the midfield player Luis Mile, the one who presented muscular annoyances before the crash in front of the Betis. The ex seleccionador Spanish will have a hard task configuring his alignment to be able to plant in the Camp Nou and add some three points that would be importantísimos for his team in the beginning of season.