Athletic-Barça: Assault Saint Mamés to follow intractable

After the week copera that has allowed to the usual titled to rest –already touched them-, the FC Barcelona faces this Saturday an always complicated party in Saint Mamés in front of the Athletic Club of Bilbao. The Barcelona arrive like leaders, in a state of optimum form and with the morals by the clouds, whereas the lions do it in a small sportive crisis, with results that do not like and a game that does not finish to work how would want to Ziganda.

The course of Valverde has changed a lot to the Athletic, that logically is accusing also the drop of Muniain, that will not play in what it remains of course. With Aduriz less prolific that in other campaigns, the Basques look more to the places of down that to Europe, although his staff does to think that they will finish revirtiendo the situation. The tie that have harvested in the gone of dieciseisavos of the Glass does not help.

The Barça is indisputable leader of the competition, being the team more goleador and the less goleado beside the Leganés. Eight victories in nine parties and a feeling of solidity that allows to the Barcelona dream with recovering the throne. The season will be long but the start is hopeful.

And the big protagonist, as it could not be of another way, is being Leo Messi. To the Argentinian gives him the same who was the trainer, he plays well with which was. With more freedom of movements his tarpaulin of face to goal has helped to the team to desatascar meetings. It is fine and wants to recover the world-wide scepter –now in hands of Cristiano, to level of awards-.

The party of the Athletic like mirror

We could affirm, without wanting to be missing the respect to the others opponents, that this will be the second important proof of the Barça out of house this campaign. Two weeks ago, in Wanda, against an Athletic defensivamente hard. The Athletic will pose a similar crash, expecting backwards and treating to take advantage of some loose occasion.

It is thus that the meeting in front of the team of Simeone has to serve like mirror to look what did badly and/or what can improve . Have verticality will be fundamental, as well as avoid the kickoffs of corner and the actions to unemployed balloon, where the Athletic dominates with Raúl García like banner –and Aduriz, clear-.

Optimistic precedents

If we put us to review the last parties that the Barcelona has played in Bilbao will see that the Barcelona do not lose there in League from the season 13-14, when the rojiblancos won by 1-0. In fact, of the last ten visits, the Barça has won in five occasions, has empatado in four and only has lost in a (the quoted previously).

Saint Mamés is always a field complicated, with the very put people in the crash and the players with a plus of motivation by the arengas of his. But the recent history does to believe in a victory of the Barça. The current context reinforces such wish, because the venues live a quite worrisome situation.

Technical index card of the Athletic-Barcelona

• Party: Athletic-Barcelona
• Competition: LaLiga 2017/18
• Stadium: Saint Mamés BUY ENTRANCES
• Schedules and television: Saturday 28 October 20:45h (Spanish hour)
• Calendar 2017/18: League BBVA, Champions League, Glass of Rey