Ernesto Valverde had drops very important for the party of League Santander against the AthleticClub , by what bet by an unpublished alignment in what it went of season. The accumulation of minutes in the terrain of game of some footballers and the drops forced of others marked the eleven of the Txingurri.
Luis Suárez, second maximum goleador of the Barcelona team, could not be available to play against the Athletic Club since it had to fulfil cycle of yellow cardboards, after being sanctioned in the last hurt suspender belt against the Málaga. By his part, Sergio Busquets, another of the basic pieces of the Barça, lesionó against Chelsea and neither could go in in the list against the Basques.
Paco Alcácer went back to the team
The sanction of Luis Suárez did that Ernesto Valverde had to bet by another forward in his place. In this case, it went Paco Alcácer the elected. The Valencian did not enjoy of the titularity in an official party from the tie of the Barça against the Getafe in the Camp Nou corresponding to the vigesimotercera day of League.
However, the Txingurri decided to reward the performance of Alcácer before lesionarse to finals of 2017 and took advantage of the absence of Luis Suárez to go back to give him an opportunity. Paco Alcácer was having a good performance to finals of the past year and expects to recover the continuity that had before his injury.
Rakitic, only in front of the danger
For Ernesto Valverde, the double pivote formed by Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic is practically innegociable. The txingurri knows that, with them, has to two men of a lot of technical quality that also make tasks of containment of an invaluable value. However, the mediocentro of Badía lesionó and Rakitic remained only.
Nevertheless, the Croat has showed many times that has capacity of leftovers to occupy the place of Busquets in the centre of the field. Rakitic Is in one of the moments of form better of his career, Valverde knows it and does not doubt in turning into him a basic player.