The Barça could receive to the Athletic with an adjust key in his alignment

FC Barcelona and Athletic of Madrid confront this Saturday in the Camp Nou, in a duel that has airs of final by LaLiga. They remain 24 points at stake in the championship of the regularity and eight are those that separate them, that could reduce to five and open the battle by the title or keep or expand and leave everything of face so that the Catalans confirm again like champions.

While the Cholo Simeone looks for solution to his own setbacks, Ernesto Valverde carries days studying the best way for reencontrarse with the victory, after saving a tie on the horn in the Stadium of the Ceramics in a commitment in which the Villarreal was near to win and put end to a series of six triumphs that had chained the leader.

To the Txingurri have jointed him three problems for encarar this challenge, beginning by the injury of an Ousmane Dembélé that had consolidated in the eleven headline. The Frenchman has gone back to train with the group but arrives too just, what does to think that it will not be used in the appointment against the rojiblancos. Besides, Arthur has gone down his performance in the last weeks and Arturo Vidal, in clear promotion, fulfils sanction by accumulation of cautions.

Taking into account these doubts to individual level and the successful proofs against Olympique of Lyon (in the turn) and Real Betis, the preparador extremeño medita recover the 4-4-2, that would allow him fit better his pieces and surpass the fortresses of a hard opponent. The battle in the centre of the field can be key, and reinforcing with a man more could free his attack and apuntalar his defence.

Valverde Would have two doubts in the alignment against the Athletic

Taking into account that there are a lot of alternatives regarding the system, Valverde would have three doubts for the alignment against the Athletic, since it is not difficult to imagine to the fixed that the ex of the Athletic Club does not separate of his plans. Except surprise of last hour, Ter Stegen will be in the goal; Jordi Alba, Gerard Hammered and Clément Lenglet in defence; Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic in the medullary; and Leo Messi and Luis Suárez in the forward.

Like this, and explaining that Nélson Semedo has a lot of numbers to occupy the right-handed lane of the saga, the debate centres in if there will be 4-4-2 or 4-3-3, and in any case, in which players will complete the eleven. Philippe Coutinho could shine in the left reinforced with Sergi Roberto in the right, but both will litigate with Malcom and Arthur to be between the elected. There are a lot of roads to arrive to the three points, and now touches to choose the correct.