THERE IS A LOT ON THE TABLE
Xavi will 'revolutionize' Barça's eleven in Valencia
After two consecutive defeats, in the League and Champions League, FC Barcelona is forced to take a step forward and Xavi Hernández, highly discussed, will pull his best troops to prevent the crisis from taking hold.
In paper and in a normal stage, the visit to Mestalla would not have to be a "final" for the FC Barcelona (as it has cataloged it Xavi Hernández), especially because Valencia is not in a state of optimum form and sum four consecutive parties without knowing the defeat. It is a rival that, in theory, would not have to be worrisome for the valid champion of LaLiga. But a thing is how are the things in paper and another in the practice. Especially by how it is the team.
For the Barcelona himself is an authentic final, by several reasons. The first, obviously, is that they have to avoid a greater catastrophe and avoid move away, more, of the leadership. Nevertheless, the most important is to recover the course and give him felt to the team. That it does not have it in these moments. The Barça has to reencontrarse, because the requirement is enormous and the time is minimum. The culés know that a new defeat would be a catastrophe. Especially for Xavi that begins to play the life.
Massive changes in the XI of the Barça?
It is thus that, for the party against Valencia, there will be a revolution in the alignment. According to an information of the newspaper 'SPORT', foresees that there will be a lot of changes in the XI culé. The first would be the return of Joao Cancel to the right band, that would cause that Alejandro Balde add a new titularity in League and that Ronald Araújo was displaced, again, to his natural position, like head office, with the doubt of if it will accompany him Jules Koundé or Andreas Christensen in the axis of the retaguardia.
In the centre of the field seems that there will be changes regarding the bet 'initial' of the culés, with Frenkie of Jong, Pedri González and Ílkay Gündogan like protagonists. It foresees that it was the Teutonic the one who split like mediocentro, in principle, although against the Girona was the midfield player with more mobility and the one who approached more to the area. Little or at all point do in Belgium. The Dutch could train with normality this Thursday after having suffered a feverish process in the last days. His presence seems ensured.
Changes in the forward?
Finally, it could have movement in the extremes. By meritocracia. Lamine Yamal was the most stood out player in the defeat in Amberes and a footballer with a lot of spark. Everything seems to indicate to that will add a new titularity to split by the right extreme. In the left, to relieve to a Joao Félix that it was not fine against the Girona and left doubts, to the equal that Robert Lewandowski that has been very desacertado... But that, for now, seems intocable in the XI.
