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The 'trophy' that Barça plays against Getafe
Published:22/01/2023 - 09:02h
Updated:22/01/2023 - 12:28h
FC Barcelona will play its first game of 2023 at home this Sunday against Getafe with a clear objective: to secure the leadership of LaLiga. A culé victory, combined with a Madrid defeat in Bilbao, will make Xavi's men winter champions
After a big week in which the FC Barcelona raised the first official title of the 'was Xavi', to the Barça touches him do the duties in LaLiga in his return to the Spotify Camp Nou. A triumph could ensure to the group blaugrana another attainment for the 2022/23, close the first turn like wintry champion, something that will be unavoidable if the Real Madrid falls in his visit to the Athletic Blibao.
With only a so much fit home in what it goes of tournament (in the 1-1 in front of the Espanyol), to the ones of Xavi Hernández only have escaped them four points in the temple culé up to now. In addition to the 'pericos', only the Ray Vallecano attained to mark in Catalonia. It was in the debut suspender belt (0-0), in a party in which the cut across of Stole Dimitrievski and the fault of puntería deprived of the triumph to the venues.
With 41 points in 16 days, the Barça has completed a first spectacular turn in which only it fell in the Classical contested in Santiago Bernabéu in October, when the plague of injuries happened bill. Only 6 so many and 35 in favour show the solidity blaugrana in the tournament, sufficient to sustain an advantage of three points on a Madrid come to less from the stop mundialista.
The last time that the Barcelona was champion of winter was in the 2018/19, season in which the then directed by Ernesto Valverde finish winning the trophy with holgura. Now, Xavi expects to recover an elusive trophy from that year to confirm the big moment of a staff that fixed , from the start of the season, win LaLiga to seat the bases of the sportive project that heads the egarense.
The Getafe, a rival of care
With 17 points, the ones of Quique Sánchez Flores keep in the low part of the table in full fight by the permanence. The 'azulones' come to fall home in front of the Espanyol (1-2), but have been able to add a pair of triumphs (Osasuna and Elche) and two ties (Ray and Celtic) like visitors in the tournament, showing in the last weeks a better expensive out of house.
Without Robert Lewandowski, the Barça will go back to bet, probably, by Ansu Fati in the XI, beside Ousmane Dembélé and Raphinha. The exit of Memphis Depay leaves to Ferran Torres like only available offensive variant, by what Gavi and Pedri also will have to load with the offensive weight of the team, as they did it in the final of the Supercopa Spanish. The second aim of the season is more near, but it is necessary to win to the Getafe to attain it.