CRUCIAL DUEL IN WANDA METROPOLITAN
The keys of the Athletic of Madrid-FC Barcelona of LaLiga 2018-19
Published:23/11/2018 - 08:33h
Updated:24/11/2018 - 22:27h
After the stop by selections of this month of November, to the FC Barcelona touches him go back to LaLiga to visit one of the most complicated stadiums in front of one of the rockiest rivals. It expects the Athletic of Madrid in Wanda Metropolitan
This weekend, the FC Barcelona will face up to one of the big parties of the season. It will take place this Saturday in Wanda Metropolitan and will confront to the Barcelona against the Athletic of Madrid, direct rival in the fight by the title of League and a group that knows like complicating them the things to the Barcelona.
The team rojiblanco is conscious that has the opportunity to give the hit if it does with the three points, since the first place of LaLiga Santander is to only one, that is the advantage that has the FC Barcelona. The party will be very hard for both teams and the group culé wait not accusing the fact that it contest in Madrilenian earths.
The four keys of the Athletic of Madrid-FC Barcelona
The drops of both teams
So much the Athletic of Madrid like the FC Barcelona will have important drops in the meeting. The Barcelona group will not be able to have the presence of Ivan Rakitic, one of the key pieces in the centre of the field, neither neither with the one of Coutinho. By part of the rojiblancos, will not be able to play neither Diego Godín, neither José Giménez neither Juanfran Torres.
The best attack against the best defence
In Wanda Metropolitan go to confront two teams that lead in his respective styles of game. The Athletic of Madrid is the team that less goals has fit of LaLiga Santander, with eight (less than the half that the Barcelona, with 18), whereas the FC Barcelona is the one who more so many has annotated with 34 (more than the double that the rojiblancos, with 16).
Doubts in the alignment of Valverde
There are several doubts in the alignment of Ernesto Valverde: the couple of Gerard Hammered in the central axis can be Samuel Umtiti or Clément Lenglet; the right side can be Sergi Roberto or Nélson Semedo; the right interior can be Arturo Vidal or the own Sergi Roberto advancing his position; or maybe the Chilean, the Catalan and the Portuguese can play together taking into account that Coutinho will not be able to be present in the alignment.
Antoine Griezmann against Leo Messi
Antoine Griezmann, that was pretended by the FC Barcelona the past summer, will be the big threat of the Athletic of Madrid. The French said that it eats in the same table that Leo Messi, but now will touch him speak on the field. The Argentinian, by his part, already went back of his injury against the Real Betis but now wants to shine against a direct rival by LaLiga.
