This Sunday it will be necessary to surpass another escollo dangerous with the visit of the Real Betis to the Camp Nou, but the FC Barcelona already observes in the horizon another stop of selections. The interruption of the calendar of clubs in November is the last that will touch to face in 2018, and the culés already cross the fingers so that it was more benevolent that the previous with the players of the first staff.
In a celebrated campaign after the World-wide, is usual that the big teams suffer more by the wear of his international in the competition, and this is something that has remained showed very soon in the big leagues of Europe. Groups very reliable like the own Barça, Real Madrid, Athletic, PSG, Manchester City or Bayern of Munich, for mentioning some, punctured enough faster that of habit, and only the Juventus rid of some tropiezos that little by little also have gone him arrived.
The fatigue is a factor with which all have to coexist, and that in addition to menguar the performance of the cracks does them more liable to the injuries. It is evident that there are several conditionings more and that the bad fortune also can have a lot that see, but the requirement is greater to measure that happen the parties... And in the combined national are adding some of a lot of level.
The Catalans find that his European footballers now confront to another tournament of elite like the UEFA Nations League, and that the rest has to face trips that often carry them to the another tip of the world. It is the price that it is necessary to pay for having in the changing room to some of the greater stars of the planet, but this does not remove that the accumulation of commitments was dangerous and a factor to take into account during the development of the season.
The Barça follows slope of the infirmary
Precisely, in the last stop already fell one of the most fragile pieces, Thomas Vermaelen, and the Barça happened to have margin with his head offices to go short of effective. Beside the Belgian, Philippe Coutinho, Samuel Umtiti, Leo Messi and Sergi Samper also are of drop by injury, and besides Ousmane Dembélé is doubt by a gastroenteritis. The infirmary already is sufficiently full, and in the City Condal do not want to more discontents.
Although there are several players that will see to his selections from house, there are others very used to which touches them follow playing, and this will force to Ernesto Valverde to do an extra effort in the rotations. Messi, Gerard Hammered or Marc-André Ter Stegen (with annoyances) will be some of which breathe relieved, but the fans shiver every time that see in the list to the Suárez, Busquets, Rakitic or the recently 'forgiven' Jordi Alba. In two weeks it will be necessary to do new assessments.