Triumph for the illusion: A Barça on the rise wants to stop Athletic

The Athletic of Bilbao was the last team in winning to the FC Barcelona of Xavi Hernández. In the eighth of final of the Glass of Rey, the Barcelona group could not surpass to the bilbaínos and remained without options to defend the title copero. Of this, does more than a month, time in which the Barça has evolved and grown considerably to look for the revancha against the bilbaínos.

The picture culé receives to the Athletic this Sunday to the 21:00 hours in the Camp Nou, in a key party to keep in the first four squares of LaLiga Santander. The Barça knows that this week will not be able to recortar distances with the Real Madrid, but yes wants to continue on its way regulate and add, for the first time from does almost a year, three consecutive victories. For this, it is necessary to confront and win to a picture bilbaíno that comes of golear in the derbi Basque.

The irregularity has been one of the keys of the Bilbao in this season, but keep on being one of the more important and fearsome teams in the domestic championship that, besides, has the intention of colarse in European places and knows that, to win in the Camp Nou, would have the much easier way. Have the experience of the party in Glass of Rey and are conscious that players like Iñaki Williams or Sancet, among others so many, can do a lot of damage to the team culé.

Nevertheless, although the Athletic is a team that is used to atragantársele to the rest of the 'big' in Spain, andl Barcelona has given a big jump of quality in this month of February and will look for to close it with a hit of authority on the table. The 'lions' will have to be tamed in the Camp Nou, because the intention of Xavi and company is not leaving escape the three points of the feudo barcelonista.

It will be a war, also, of benches. Xavi will have to surpass the palanteamiento of Marcelino that knows how hurt to the Barça and that forces to his to presionar very high. The culés are forced to be followed his positive line of the last parties and look for lal victory from the minute one. They come after the subidón that has represented the victory in Naples and with the confidence that the team is much more recognizable and reliable.

The Barcelona golearon to the Napoli (2-4) and left a true exhibition in Saint Paolo that invites to the illusion, although Xavi has stood out that it is necessary to keep the feet in the floor and be humble in spite of the mejorías in the team: "Each party is a final. No descartamos at all, but knowing that there is a lot of difficulty to be able to win the League, say it the numbers. I gladden me that the president was with win and euphoria, is a natural leader and seems me well", has ensured.

Few doubts for the Barça

Xavi Hernández has received the good news that it has freed, even more, the infirmary. Memphis Depay And Clément Lenglet have received the high doctor after surpassing his respective injuries and have colado in the announcement. Both have trained with the rest of his mates from the Monday and are smart to see minutes if necessary, although Xavi would have enough very defined his alignment.

It is worth it to remember that all the usual players will be available, to exception of Jordi Alba that saw the fifth yellow in the crash of the past Sunday, against Valencia, and will be drop. Nevertheless, they will be back Gerard Hammered and Dani Alves, those who lost the party against the 'ché' by sanction.

Like this then , it foresees that the technician egarense do very few changes in his alignment. Dani Alves Aims to split by the right band and Sergiño Dest will replace to Jordi Alba in the left side, a position in which it does not feel very comfortable, but in which it has showed to surrender when it has been necessary.

The Athletic, with important drops

In the another side of the coin, is an Athletic that visits the Camp Nou with sensitive drops: Berenguer will not be available by accumulation of cards, whereas Nico Williams is dudapor physical annoyances, although it has trained in the last days and could see minutes. Nico Serrano would have the same situation.

Regarding the crash, Marcelino has commented in the previous that "the Barça is the team to the that more times have touched me confront me. By the law of probability, what less achieve a thing, more near are to achieve the contrary. In League in punctual moments escaped us the victory but even would say that of cruel form. The present is that the Barça is in a moment of form very good".

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona-Athletic of Bilbao

• Party: FC Barcelona-Athletic of Bilbao
• Competition: LaLiga Santander 2021-2022
• Stadium: Camp Nou
• Television: Sunday, 27 February to the 21:00 hours in Spain
• Calendar 2021-2022: League Santander, Europe League.