After having announced the list of summoned of Ernesto Valverde for the FC Barcelona-Espanyol of this Saturday in the Camp Nou, every time is easier to know which will be the leading headline of the 'Txingurri'. Luis Suárez has received the high medical and has gone in in the announcement, whereas Leo Messi has trained with relative normality beside the rest of his mates in the last sessions, although Valverde has confirmed this Friday that "had a small problem" in the train of the Thursday. In spite of everything, his titularity seems likely.
Both players aim to the eleven initial the Saturday in the Camp Nou, given the importance of the party when treating of a 'derbi' that all the culés, and especially Messi and Suárez, want to play. To them it could accompany them Philippe Coutinho in the forward, splitting of the base that Ousmane Dembélé follows lesionado and still has, like minimum, for a week.
In definite, everything aims to that Malcom and Boateng will go back to remain in the bench of start, when wanting to Ernesto Valverde ensure the three points in the Camp Nou to subtract a date more to the calendar, with the will that the Barça was champion of LaLiga Santander 2018-19 the before possible. The Barça seems that it will not make too many rotations in front of the 'pericos', at least of start.
In the second half, if the party already is resolved, Ernesto Valverde could give rest to Messi, Suárez, Busquets or Rakitic, among others candidates to receive minutes of rest. Where himself foresees that the 'Txingurri' bet by rotations in the eleven headline will be in the Stadium of the Ceramics, when the FC Barcelona measure next Tuesday to the Villarreal.
It will be an opportunity so that the players with fewer minutes like Malcom, Boateng, Aleñá and Umtiti can enjoy of minutes, as well as to reserve to players with the very loaded legs in the last dates, as Messi, Suárez, Rakitic and Lenglet. The FC Barcelona has a staff the sufficiently wide as to ensure the victory in front of the Villarreal reserving to some of his basic pieces.
And it is that hardly some days after the party in front of the 'groguets', the FC Barcelona will play a 'partidazo' against the Athletic of Madrid in the Camp Nou, in the appointment that could finish to decide the title -although it was not mathematical- for the Barcelona group.
Calm, Dembélé: there is not haste
A meeting, by the way, to the that will try to arrive an Ousmane Dembélé that it wants to shorten terms in his process of recovery. There is not haste, since the big priority will be to have him available for the eliminatory of quarter-finals of Champions League in front of the Manchester United. This double clash, the final of Glass of Rey and the party of League in front of the Athletic are, to day of today, the most important appointments that has for playing the FC Barcelona in the calendar of the season 2018-19.