After having happened to the quarter-finals of the Champions League defeating to Chelsea, now touches to think in LaLiga Santander. The FC Barcelona will confront against the Athletic Club of Bilbao in the Camp Nou after having parked the European competition and knowing that it will not have split between week.
The duel will take place this Sunday to the 16:15 hours of the afternoon and will be important to follow with the good dynamics showed by the team of Ernesto Valverde in the last days of League and in the Champions League.
The four keys of the Barcelona-Athletic Club
The sanction of Luis Suárez
After seeing the fifth yellow cardboard in the last day of LaLiga Santander contested against the Málaga, Luis Suárez will not be able to play in the Camp Nou against the Athletic Club. Without place to doubts, is a sensitive drop and it will be necessary to see which decision takes Valverde to relieve him. The most likely is that it première a new trident formed by Leo Messi, Ousmane Dembélé and Philippe Coutinho in attack.
Drops by injury
The drops by injury will limit a lot the rotations that can do Ernesto Valverde. In defence, Nelson Semedo and Thomas Vermaelen will not be available, by what, except surprise, will repeat the defence that could see against Chelsea. In the centre of the field, Sergio Busquets and Denis Suárez neither will be, by what Rakitic will have to act like only pivote by in front of the defence.
Hangover of Champions
The FC Barcelona has to treat to avoid at all costs that suceda something resembled what occurred the year happened after the historical traced back against Paris Saint-Germain. In that occasion, the Barcelona team lost against the Sportive of the Coruña in a defeat that translated in the goodbye definite to the League. This season can not happen the same in front of the Basques.
Offensive dangers of the Athletic
There are three players to which the Barcelona defence will have to be especially attentive: Aritz Aduriz, a relentless striker that llea eight goals in the present season; Raúl García, maximum second artilleryman with seven targets and remarkable by his arrivals from second line; and, finally, Iñaki Williams, an extreme of pure power that has drilled the rival networks in five occasions.