THE CULÉS NEED THE THREE POINTS

A 'wounded' Barça will look for its best version against Villarreal

Published:19/10/2022 - 21:09h

Updated:20/10/2022 - 19:30h

FC Barcelona seeks to recover the good feelings at the Spotify Camp Nou against Unay Emery's Villarreal. The culés will face the 'groguets' this Thursday in the tenth day of LaLiga Santander

The FC Barcelona of Xavi Hernández continues the research of the leadership of LaLiga Santander this Thursday 20 October to the 21:00 hours. The Barcelona group expects to recover his best version and to achieve it will have to win in the Spotify Camp Nou to the Villarreal of Unai Emery, those who situate in the seventh position of the table of classification. For the barcelonistas, the victory is transcendental in his research to return to the 'senda of the triumph'.

And it is that the Catalan square arrives to the meeting after a hard week that finished with a 'trip' in front of the Real Madrid. In the Classical, the blaugranas could not impose his plan of game and, in spite of that were near to equalise the marker in the last minutes of the meeting, were defeated by the team directed by Carlo Ancelotti, that with little shine and a lot of efficiency attained to do with the three points and with the first position of the League.

Like this then , the group directed by Hernández will go back to step the lawn of the feudo Catalan after a week, when they confronted to the Inter of Milan. That party lit the 'alarms' in the City Condal, since that tie in front of the 'neroazzuri' left the participation of the team in the Champions League very committed. In spite of the difficult moment that cross, the team finds very unsuspecting and are convinced that they will attain to give him a twist to his dynamics this Thursday.

By his part, the walk of the 'yellow submarine' in this League has been very irregular. Punished by the injuries, the ones of Emery grieve have achieved an alone victory in his last 5 parties in the local competition, with 2 ties and 2 defeats completing the statistics. However, the triumph achieved the past Monday in front of the Osasuna by 2-0 served for 'shake' the bad series and encarar the party in front of the culés full of determination.

Xavi will move 'pieces'

In the previous press conference to the party, Hernández confirmed rotations in the eleven headline because of the existent fatigue in some players by the big physical effort and mental made in the duels in front of the merengues and the interistas. Like this the things, the egarense has had has 'patear the board' for 'enderzar' the course of his square and begin to achieve results, by what the team will suffer several changes in relation to the last parties

In this sense, the goal will keep on being protected by Marc-André Ter Stegen that it is one of the players more in shape of the team. After fitting 6 goals in his last 2 parties, the germano will look for to keep his fence invicta in front of the 'groguets'. By his part, the right side could be covered by a Koundé recovered of his injury. Marcos Alonso and Gerard Hammered will struggle by a place in the centre of the saga beside Eric García, whereas Jordi Alba would go back to the left side.

In the centre of the field, the trainer blaugrana would do without Sergio Busquets very signalled to give him step to Frenkie of Jong, to the one who Xavi defined like a "solution". The Dutch would be accompanied by Gavi, that would return to the initial alignment after being acting in Santiago Bernabéu, and Pedri, the one who is the 'master and gentleman' of the medullary barcelonista and would follow commissioned to handle the 'threads' of the group. By his part, Franck Kessié could be the 'covered' of the technician, although it foresees that it go out from the bench.

Finally, the leading blaugrana neither would remain exenta of modifications. Hernández would look for to freshen the extremes and Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati would go in in the team to the detriment of Raphinha and Ousmane Dembélé, headlines in the two last parties. The ex player of the City reencontró with the goal in front of the Madrid and will look for to keep the series, whereas Ansu follows showing that it is one of the 'cracks' of the future and will have a new opportunity from the start. In the meantime, Robert Lewandowski will keep on being the reference in offensive.

A 'reinforcement' unexpected

On the other hand, the trainer of the Catalans will retell in his staff with Héctor Bellerín, the one who had been drop from the past 28 September because of some annoyances in the sóleo of the left leg. Although his return was foreseen for the duel in front of the Athletic of the next Sunday, the side accelerated his turn and will be available in the meeting in front of the 'groguets' as an alternative from the bench.

A rival complicated

Of this way, the Barça prepares to confront a difficult crash. In the previous conference to the duel, Xavi warned that the Villarreal is a very complicated rival with distinct tactical solutions. In spite of that they do not go through his best moment, the 'yellow submarine' always represents a 'obstacle' hard to surpass. However, the Barcelona are conscious of the importance to achieve the three points in front of the ones of Emery, by what will face the party with the motivation of a 'final'.