The FC Barcelona will receive to the RCD Espanyol in the Camp Nou this Saturday to the 21:00 hours (Spanish hour), in which it will be the first commitment of Xavi Hernández like trainer of the Barcelona group, after the dismissal of Ronald Koeman after the defeat suffered in front of the Ray Vallecano to domicile, and that Sergi Barjuán have attended the needs of the first team during three parties.

The new Barça of Xavi, in this sense, will have in front to an eternal rival with which, curiously, finds empatado to points in the table clasificatoria to these heights of LaLiga Santander 2021-22, something that would have been unthinkable in any one of the previous seasons. The ones of Vicente Moreno can put the very difficult things to the Barça if it does not go out concentrated from the minute one, and Xavi knows it.

The technician of Terrassa will not be able to have some drop stood out like the ones of Ansu Fati, Agüero, Sergiño Dest and Dembélé, Braithwaite neither Pedri, but fortunately recovers to Gerard Hammered, Nico González, Sergi Roberto and Eric García, combating like this the rosary of injuries.

The blaugrana will go out to leave the skin against the pericos and to give a joy to the fans of the Camp Nou, especially after the last bad results in LaLiga, competition in which at present they are ninth. After a Russian mountain of feelings in the last weeks, and of multiple internal changes in the club, the Barça of Xavi has clear his premise: give it everything for linking several consecutive victories, beginning by this Saturday.

The XI of FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol:

  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Hammered, Eric, Mingueza; Busquets, Nico, Frenkie; Gavi, Memphis and Akhomach.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: Net, I. Crag, Araújo, Riqui Puig, Coutinho, Lenglet, Umtiti, S. Roberto, Luuk of Jong, Abde, Balde and Demir.
  • XI of the RCD Espanyol: Diego López; Aleix Vidal, Sergi Gómez, Cabrera, Pedrosa; Embarba, David López, Yangel Herrera, Darder; Puado, Raúl of Tomás.

It will be interesting to see how answer these players in front of a new opportunity in the eleven headline, just after the change of trainer. Gavi Will split from the left extreme to associate with Memphis Depay and Jordi Alba, being able to be that the most dangerous band of the team. It fits to stand out the official debut of Ilias Akhomach. The Barça, although it have been very touched in the last months, follows having a competitive team. Now only it has to show it.