AFTER THE ELIMINATION IN UCL

First test: Barça begins its 'recovery' at Mestalla

Published:29/10/2022 - 00:30h

Updated:29/10/2022 - 19:20h

The FC Barcelona visits Mestalla three days after remaining deleted of the Champions League in phase of groups. The culés only think in recovering the good feelings and, especially, confidence

The 'crisis' are opportunities to renew and change the script of the history. The FC Barcelona lives a moment complicated after the elimination in the Champions League in phase of groups, by second consecutive year, but this no 'remove' that the team trained by Xavi Hernández want to follow pushing and showing that they want to go back to the highest.

These weeks before the World-wide will be key and will put to proof to the Barcelona team, place have to show that they are in the 'war' and do not go to abandon it so prompt. The first battle is against Valencia, this Saturday from the 21:00 hours in the stadium of Mestalla, in the corresponding party to the twelfth day of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023.

The intention of the culés is encarrilar the one who will be the third consecutive victory in LaLiga, after the goleadas against the Villarreal (3-0) and Athletic of Bilbao (4-0). The group of the City Condal has comported like one of the most regular teams of the championship, except the defeat in Santiago Bernabéu, and want to follow the ascending line that have kept up to now.

In front, will have to a Valency that adds three consecutive parties without knowing the victory, with three consecutive ties (2-2 vs Elche, 1-1 vs Seville and 1-2 vs Mallorca), but in which they have seen a lot of green shoots with the apparition of an Edinson Cavani that is settling in the group 'ché' little by little and that, probably, will go in in the game of Gennaro Gattuso to confront to the blaugrana.

Right now, Valencia occupies the ninth position of the classification of LaLiga, with 15 points. The Valencians add four victories, three ties and four defeats in what it goes of season and has showed like a quite irregular team, but that knows how complicate him the nights to his rivals. The Barça can not trust and therefore it will have to go out to look for the victory from the minute one.

Opportunity to react

The Barcelona picture has by in front a key opportunity to react and show again a version convincente that invite to recover the confidence in the team. From the club keep that it needs time so that the pieces of the puzzle fit and see the most positive results, therefore the crash against Valencia presents like a proof.

Likewise, the blaugrana are in a condition in which they know that they can not fail because the Real Madrid is in a very positive dynamics. In fact, the picture trained by Carlo Ancelotti still does not know the defeat in LaLiga and seem invincible, for the moment, in the competition, with 31 points of 33 possible.

Without novelties in the infirmary

On the other hand, for the party of this Saturday Xavi will not recover to any player and the infirmary keeps full. Ronald Araújo, Sergi Roberto, Memphis Depay and Andreas Christensen follow working to recover of his respective injuries, although it has desvelado that the last two are in the final stages of his process of recovery and could reappear anytime.