The three keys of the Athletic-Barcelona of LaLiga 2017-18

The FC Barcelona faces this Saturday the eighth day of LaLiga Santander 2017-18 against the Athletic of Madrid, a team that always is used to to put the things complicated to the culés and even more playing in his field, although this will be the first time that the FC Barcelona visit Wanda Metropolitan, recently premièred does hardly some weeks.

The Barça will try to assault the sanctuary colchonero on all his effective available to exception of Ousmane Dembélé, lesionado of long length for the next three months. Leo Messi, in state of grace, will go back to be essential for the aspirations culés, although the secret will be to keep the good collective game that is showing the Barça in the last dates. These are the keys of the party for the culés:

Concentration in the first minutes

If of something has sinned the FC Barcelona in his last exits, at least the past season, has been the concentration. In League can say that they have gone him well the things to level of results, but the reality is that in the field of the Getafe the ones of Valverde were about to to leave points, whereas in Girona, in spite of that won by 0-3, did not offer a brilliant game and two of these targets were in own goal. Neither it was fine the Barça in Lisbon against the Sporting in Champions, where won 0-1 thank you also to a goal in own door. It will be necessary to have the clear ideas.

Superiority in the centre of the field

If it wants to dominate from the first moment to the rival, the FC Barcelona will have to surpass the charged of the midfield colchonero and impose to base of quality. Busquets, Rakitic and Andrés Iniesta have all the ballots to be headlines, although it is possible that Sergi Roberto, Denis Suárez and Paulinho also have minutes. The pressure after loss will be key to recover balloons in the centre of the field and especially in the aledaños of the rival area. The aim: not leaving that the Athletic crossing the terrain of game except in contragolpes isolated.

The inspiration and magic of Messi

Leo Messi, as of habit, will go back to be the angular stone in the game of the Barcelona. By him they will happen all the balloons of attack, will delay by moments his position to receive in the centre of the field and, from there, will begin to knit played promising that finish in the boots of Luis Suárez or some another striker. It will be vital to know which is the labeling to Messi, individual or community, so that the Argentinian and the rest of the team can take out the maximum benefit of the situation. For this also will be vital the degree of inspiration of Messi, that accumulates eleven goals already this season 2017-18 in League, and will go back to be key so that the FC Barcelona mark what before the differences.