Rotations forced: Valverde gives a rest to a Rakitic so key as demanded

Ernesto Valverde announced rotations for the Sportive Alavés-FC Barcelona, and again confirmed them in his list of summoned. The Catalans follow treating to sentence LaLiga what before, managing to the maximum his efforts to centre his energies in the demanding eliminatory of Champions before confronting to the final of the Glass of Rey.

The greater novelty of this Monday was that Ivan Rakitic remained freed of the commitment in Mendizorroza, something out of the usual because the Croat is key piece in the diagrams of the technician. The ex of the Seville is, beside Philippe Coutinho, the player with more parties contested in the Barcelona group in what it goes of course (48), although it surpasses widely to the Brazilian in minutes (3.749 by 2.931).

Precisely, this account of minutes, that situates to the of Möhlin like the sixth more used footballer of the staff -only by behind Marc-André Ter Stegen, Gerard Hammered, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suárez-, recommended a rest, that arrives a week before one of the most important appointments of the campaign, the first duel of semifinals of Champions in front of the Liverpool.

The Barça wants to have have in full form to all his referents, and that's why it has begun to subtract kilometres of his legs. As it already did in front of the Huesca, the next day liguera against the Raise also could present a big number of modifications in the alignment, since if then it was a threatening Manchester United the one who visited the Camp Nou, now will do it the 'reds'.

Rakitic Will be one of the indisputable headlines in front of the team of Jürgen Klopp, and the intention is that it can contribute as much as has done it in the last months. Obviously, the freshness is not the same to these heights of the season, by what touches to take care him to the maximum so that it keep on being a pillar in the centre of the field, with a vital deployment in defensive and offensive tasks.

The Barça has alternatives to cover to Ivan Rakitic

One of the big advantages of this Barça is that the changing room offers alternatives to cover any drop, already was forced or, as in this case, scheduled. If it is not Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Arthur, Arturo Vidal and Carles Aleñá will take leadership, with the aim to be still in the way of the victories and step more to the triplete. The glory is already to hardly nine parties.