Previa del FC Barcelona vs Girona FC de LaLiga

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR BARCA

Barça seeks +15 over Real Madrid at the expense of Girona

Published:9/04/2023 - 20:06h

Updated:9/04/2023 - 20:06h

FC Barcelona returns to action in LaLiga in search of leaving, now more than ever, the sentenced title. In the event of beating Girona, Xavi Hernández's men would get a fifteen-point advantage with ten days to go

It is the now or never for the FC Barcelona. It arrives the final stretch of the season and the ones of Xavi Hernández are forced to be followed to rhythm of champion to win his first League from 2019. The culés arrive after falling estrepitosamente in the Classical of the Glass of Rey, against the Real Madrid, but with the responsibility to win to increase the distance in the career by the domestic title.

And it is that although the Barcelona have not had fortune in the direct tournaments, in LaLiga the regularity has been key so that they are to the doors to add 15 points of advantage on the Real Madrid to fault of ten days, as long as they win to the Girona of Míchel this Monday from the 21:00 hours (9:00 PM CEST) in a party in which they will test the feelings after the 'KO' copero.

The Barça, to rhythm of champion in League

Against the Girona, the ones of Xavi have the opportunity to give a new hit on the table that can be decisive. In spite of the numerous drops, in this 2023 the culés have stood out by his regularity, further of the suffering that has existed in the parties that have defined by the minimum. Have the opportunity to follow signing a campaign 'perfect' in which they have registered 23 triumphs, two ties and two defeats.

They arrive with four victory followed and keeping the fence invicta, because Marc-André ter Stegen has in his registers only nine goals against. It will be necessary to see how reacts he and the defensive saga, in general, but up to now have showed to be a wall in League and, in the derbi Catalan, will be essential that follow to the same rhythm.

The Girona, in his more irregular moment

The picture trained by Míchel has been one of the big surprises of the season, because it has achieved to keep in the half of the table along the championship. However, in this stretch have sinned by irregular and add only two victories in his last five parties, with two defeats and a tie. They carried the 'another' derbi Catalan against the Espanyol (2-1) and won 'in extremis' to the Athletic (3-2), but did not reach them to impose in front of the Getafe (3-2) neither Athletic of Madrid (0-1) and remained half in front of the Ray (2-2).

However, Míchel has left clear that go to compete and try plant face: "Face to face, obviously, no. We know of the level of the Barça and can not do another thing that be we same because like this we train it each day and do not know to do another thing. We have thought some strategy to recover the balloon after loss and have worked the defence in spaces by the ease that have they to do goal".

The culés, with drops but a lot of motivation

This derbi Catalan will be marked by the drops in both groups. In the side of the venues, Xavi will not be able to have the lesionados Pedri González, Ousmane Dembélé, Andreas Christensen neither Frenkie of Jong, although it recovers to a Raphinha that was sanctioned in the last day. By his part, the Osasuna will not be able to have the sanctioned Reinier, as well as the lesionados Yangel Herrera and Kebé.

In the previous of the crash, the trainer egarense commented that "we have to analyse the reasons of the things. They are punctual rivals. In the first part, can not forgive. You pay it. The Real Madrid, if you forgive him does it to you pay expensive. But it is necessary to make a fresh start. It is the main aim. The plot is to win the league, is the justest competition. We are centred in what it remains, in the 11 parties. Win tomorrow is a big opportunity after the defeat against the Real Madrid".