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BARÇA, FORCED TO REACT

Barça seeks to 'shake off' against Alavés before the national team break

Published:11/11/2023 - 20:27h

Updated:12/11/2023 - 16:15h

FC Barcelona receives Deportivo Alavés, this Sunday starting at 4:15 p.m., with the mission of, in addition to adding three golden points, to recover good play and positive feelings. The challenge is maximum for Xavi Hernández's men

"I have lived here some terrible crises and this is not it", said Xavi Hernández in the previous of the visit of the Sportive Alavés to the Estadi Olímpic Lluis Compannys by the thirteenth day of LaLiga. The FC Barcelona confronts his last challenge before the stop of selections, with all the focuses on after the defeat against the Shakhtar. They will look for to recover the good feelings, the goal and also the senda of the victory to move away the doubts on the performance of the team, that right now have elevated .

Although from the club descartan a 'mini crisis', the true is that the image that has left the team in this course has been very move# away to the most efficient version of the Barça. It has conditioned the number of injuries, the low performance of some players (Alejandro Balde or Robert Lewandowski), but equally the requirement is maximum for a group culé that it has to react and shake to avoid that they stress the doubts and the irregular performance.

Duel of heights in Montjuïc

Have an opportunity of gold, with the visit of the Sportive Alavés this Sunday, from the 16:15 hours (4:15 PM CET). The vitorianos have added two victories followed, between LaLiga and Glass of Rey, that have allowed that it elevate the confidence in the team of Luis García Square. They arrive to Montjuïc without at all that lose and with a lot for surprising, as already they had done it in his last season in First, with a tie 1-1. The challenge is maximum.

The Catalans know that all the focuses are in the team and that they have to answer with good football and a victory that allow him be still in the fight by the leadership of LaLiga. The fans demands changes because, although the results are not negative -except the defeat in front of the Real Madrid and Shakhtar-, the feelings yes that they are it. In the Classical desconectaron in the last stretch of the party, to continue with a victory suffered against the Real Sociedad and the visit to the Ukrainian picture.

Changes in the XI of the Barça

It is thus that the blaugrana assume the party like a final and foresees that Xavi enter several changes for propiciar the best version of the team. The main novelty will be, except twist of guion, the presence of Pedri González in the XI initial. It was not to title from finals of August, against the Cádiz, before it fell lesionado. They have happened more than two months, but has ilusionado with the minutes that has added against the Real and Shakhtar.

On the other hand, in the Barça will keep the uncertainty on who will conform the forward. Everything seems to indicate to that Robert Lewandowski will add a new titularity and that Joao Félix, after going out from the bench in Hamburg, also will go back to the eleven. The doubt will be in who will split from the right extreme, place there are three options: Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. The player formed in The Masia, that only has been headline in one of the útlimos five parties, has big opportunities to go in.

The requirements of the trainers

For the party, Xavi has demanded "the same of always. Play well, be upper to the rival, dominate the party. All what have worked up to now, during these two years. But especially in this season. Demand the maximum, that this is the Barça" and that "think that is moment to retouch things or look for alternatives. It is the moment of the trainer, to react. But neither we will try at all. We have to recover the positional game like general concept".

On the other hand, Luis García Square has commented that "expect to the best Barça possible, without rotations neither histories. They go to go out to the one thousand by one thousand. It goes to try do the best party of the year. They want to finish the party and go with the selection with three points. They go to go out to kill us" and "spero complicate them the life, that find to the best Alavés. I can not sell that we go to play as in the first part against the Almería. We have to know that there will be moments of overwhelm, and here, will have to go growing during the party. We do not have to go out us of the party never. I expect that the team of his best level"