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THE 'YELLOW SUBMARINE', IN FULL FORM

FC Barcelona hurries its options in LaLiga against Villarreal

Published:5/07/2020 - 00:11h

Updated:5/07/2020 - 20:49h

The FC Barcelona will play this Sunday in the Stadium of the Ceramics against the Villarreal a party that can suppose the goodbye to the title of League for the culés

The FC Barcelona initiated the resumption of LaLiga Santander with big hopes to win it by third consecutive time because of the state anímico of the team, but the hit suffered in the last two weeks has been tremendously hard. In the last four parties, the Barcelona only attained to defeat to the Athletic Club of Bilbao, adding three ties -in front of Seville, Celtic of Vigo and Athletic of Madrid- that do that attain the title was almost a miracle.

The group directed by Quique Setién no longer depends on if same to repeat title, since it has to expect that the Real Madrid puncture two or thrice in the five days that are missing. In fact, the FC Barcelona will face this Sunday in the Stadium of the Ceramics (to the 22:00 in peninsular schedule Spanish) a party against the Villarreal in which the situation still can go to worse, since a defeat would sentence definitively to the Cantabrian trainer.

The brecha between the 'heavy weights' of the changing room and the technical body headed by Quique Setién is big and still has not closed , but these last parties of LaLiga can serve to see if the santanderino will finish the season in the bench culé. The Villarreal, that is in full form, is playing classify for the Champions League, by what is not the most indicated moment so that in the changing room think more in the internal tensions that in the party.

The internal earthquakes between players, technicians and managerial, and the 'bombazo' of the possible goodbye of Leo Messi do not arrive precisely in a moment of fluent game. The five senses will be necessary to delay the alirón of the Real Madrid or, for the more optimists, to reach the miracle suspender belt. Anyway, the Villarreal is not for pranks and the FC Barcelona can pay expensive the be thinking in other things.

Drops and possible eleven of Quique Setién

The FC Barcelona presents to the party with three sensitive drops in the announcement: the one of Samuel Umtiti by a relapse in his problem in the knee; the one of Ousmane Dembélé, immersed in the process of recovery that carries out since they operated him the proximal sinew the past month of February; and the one of Frenkie of Jong, lesionado of the sóleo. Quique Setién has carried the 16 available players in the first team, in addition to other seven youngsters of the filial.

Like this the things, expects that Quique Setién go out of start with Marc-André ter Stegen in the goal; a defence formed by Semedo, Clément Lenglet, Gerard Hammered and Jordi Alba; a centre of the field with Sergio Busquets, Riqui Puig and Arturo Vidal; and a forward with Leo Messi, Luis Suárez and Antoine Griezmann. It would not be descartable that could go in in the medullary Ivan Rakitic, possibly by Arturo Vidal.

The Villarreal, in full form

The Villarreal is one of the teams more in shape of LaLiga, to day of today. Since it restarted after the pandemia, the group castellonense has won five parties and has empatado one. Besides, Javi Alley will not have important drops -Vicente Iborra was doubt but will arrive to time- and will have one of the fashionable couples of the championship in attack: the formed by Paco Alcácer and Gerard Moreno.

In previous statements to the party, Javi Alley explained that "This being a resumption dreamed, is carrying out all what had in mind. We are adding victories, playing well and showing ours better version", said, adding that "the FC Barcelona is one of the best teams of the world. It motivates us a lot and have the illusion to follow our series of victories". Anyway, the 'yellow submarine' will not be a simple rival.