The Barça will look for to keep valid the series of Xavi Hernández in front of the Athletic Madrid

The FC Barcelona will have this Sunday a proof of fire when it visit the Civitas Metropolitan to confront to the Athletic of Madrid. To his time, the group blaugrana is invicto in front of the 'colchoneros' of Diego Simeone, from the arrival of Xavi Hernández to the benches culés. Both trainers have seen the faces in four opportunities and the one of Terrassa has gone out victorious in each one of them.

The first time that measured was in the season 2021/22. In this occasion, the Barça, with Xavi with four months of work, won 4-2 to the 'Atleti' in the Spotify Camp Nou with goals of Jordi Alba, Gavi, Ronald Araújo and Dani Alves. Whereas for the visitors, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco had put the advantage in the marker, and Luis Suárez, applying the inexorable 'law of the ex', discounted for the 'rojiblancos'.

For the following season, Xavi posed a very serious game to visit to the ones of the 'Cholo'. With several figures lesionadas and sanctioned, the míster Spanish took out three vital points (0-1), after a big played collective of the team, that was finalised under the feet of Ousmane Dembélé. Three months afterwards would go back to confront, this time in Barcelona. It was the same result, but the goleador in this occasion, went Ferran Torres, that after a big habilitation of Raphinha, allowed that the invicto of the trainer culé followed pulling.

Finally, the most recent party in Montjuïc. The night of Joãor Félix. The luso was partícipe of the victory and annotated the only so much of the meeting in front of his ex team. Tras Several months of controversy by his situation with the 'colchoneros', the ex Benfica defined above the humanity of Jan Oblak and celebrated his goal gone up in the fences of advertising, in front of the stray eyes of the Argentinian trainer. By his part, Xavi euphoric celebrated the victory that, later, left in evidence the positive series that obtained every time that it confronted to the Madrilenian group directed by Simeone.