A KEY OPPORTUNITY

'Advanced' final at La Cerámica: Barça can get +11 away from Madrid!

Published:11/02/2023 - 23:24h

Updated:11/02/2023 - 23:24h

FC Barcelona returns to action in LaLiga Santander with a clear mission: Finish the day with a difference of eleven points over Real Madrid, who will not play this weekend

The FC Barcelona begins a stretch of the key season and of a lot of requirement with the visit to the stadium of The Ceramics to confront to the Villarreal, this Sunday from the 21:00 hours (CET). It will be the first of four clashes in eleven days that will test the resistance of the ones of Xavi Hernández in the fight by the titles in this season.

The crash against the 'yellow submarine' supposes an oprtunidad historical for a Barça that is living the best moment of the course and that comes to win, consecutively, his last five parties of LaLiga, included the visit of the Seville to the Camp Nou the past Sunday (3-0). The Barcelona want to give continuity to the good feelings that have accumulated up to now.

Against the Villarreal, the Barça plays no only keep a distance in the highest of the classification, but add now until eleven points of difference with the Real Madrid, that this weekend has not played in LaLiga by the World-wide of Clubs, que won after imposing in front of the To the-Hilal with a festival of goals (5-3) starred by doublets of Vinicius Jr and Fede Valverde.

The case is that the White House will not play against the Elche until next Wednesday, reason by which the Barça has to take advantage of the opportunity and add three points that 'condition' to the madridistas. They will have it in front of a Villarreal that has followed a very irregular series in the last weeks and that it has to recover the senda of the victory before avoiding a catastrophe.

They come to lose against the Elche (3-1) and Ray Vallecano (0-1), by what to add a third consecutive defeat will increase the crisis in lathe of the figure of Quique Setién. The Barça, by his part, assumes the visit to the 'groguets' with a lot of confidence, because they come in good dynamic and all the plans are going out him to Xavi Hernámdez.

Conditioned by the United?

The Barça visits Vila-Real with the drops of Ousmane Dembélé and Sergio Busquets, those who are in the infirmary and will take some weeks more in being smart to take action. Of rest, the trainer egarense will have to disposal to all his 'stars', although the most likely is that from the second part begin to do changes thinking in what it comes .

And it is that, it is worth it to remember that, four days after visiting The Ceramics, the Barça will receive to the Manchester United by the gone of the dieciseisavos of final of the Europe League, the Thursday in the Spotify Camp Nou. Although Xavi has recognised that no him 'condition', will have to take care to his players to avoid surprises.

Xavi, without doubts

In wheel of press, the trainer of the Barça recognised that "now each party is key. More to these heights of the season. Put him more pressure to the Madrid if we put us to 11. Each exit is very difficult. There is a lot of competition. It will be an exit complicated. I consider to Setién a big trainer. We want the three points".

On the rival and work with the balloon, stood out that "I think that he [Setién] looks for a model of alike game to the ours. The Villarreal is a big team. I think that Setién is doing a very good work. Has a gentleman instrument. Good central, Parejo that it is extraordinary... I do not know if it will be Gerard. Reina is very important and gives a lot of calm. One of the keys will be who have the ball. The one who have it will have more options to win".