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Frenkie de Jong in a match with Barça

BARÇA WILL INSIST ON ROTATIONS

Barça's plan for Frenkie de Jong and Gavi to 'rest'

Published:23/09/2023 - 11:29h

Updated:23/09/2023 - 14:48h

Although they have become important and indisputable players for Xavi Hernández, everything seems to indicate that Frenkie de Jong and Gavi will play fewer minutes than usual in the next games

Calendar of FC Barcelona

The rotations are the key subject in the FC Barcelona in this stretch of the season. The Barcelona have a calendar that does not give time to the rest, but that neither allows you fail. The ones of Xavi Hernández are conscious that they are forced to add of to three, so much in LaLiga as in the Champions League, to fulfil with the requirements and, besides, leave clear that will try colarse in the fight by both titles. For this, the players have to be to 100%.

The big problem, as they are living the rest of teams, is that there is not time for the rest. Between the stop of selections of September and October there are seven parties of by half for the Barça and the need to win them all. Thus, the rotations turn into the best allied so that the blaugrana escape of overload them and muscular injuries. Xavi already has begun the plan, with the rest of Oriol Romeu in front of the Amberes or before the one of Gündogan in front of the Betis, but will have more.

Movements in the medullary of the Barça

Everything seems to indicate that the next that will see benefited with the rest will be Frenkie of Jong and Gavi, those who have played it practically everything in this beginning of season. They have turned into two of the most important players of the Barcelona picture and indisputable pieces for the centre of the field. The Dutch is the lighthouse of the team, whereas the Andalusian gives constantly loose rein to his sacrifice and passion not to give a balloon by dead person and, besides, add to the attack. It carries two goals in the last two parties.

They are so important that it is necessary to take care them. Thus, the forecast is that one of the two rest in front of the Real Celtic Club and, the another, in the visit to the RC Mallorca of the next Tuesday. Xavi wants that both are to 100% of face to the commitments that avecinan in the weeks to come. It is worth it to remember that, before the stop of selections of October, the Barça will confront to the Seville (29/09), Port wine by the Champions League (4/10) and Athletic Club (8/10). That there is one overloads or annoyance could be a drama.

Of Jong and Gavi, indisputable in the Barça

In front of the absence of the lesionado Pedri González, have been few the retouchings that has done Xavi Hernández in his centre of the field. They have been four the protagonists: Orriol Romeu and Frenkie of Jong in the base of the played, leaving space so that Ílkay Gündogan and Gavi play more advanced. In the case of the Dutch, has been one of which more minutes has added (508), put only rested in front of the Amberes, split in which it went out to the 58'. The Andalusian, by his part, has been indisputable since the '8' is not and has added 407' in six parties.