{"id":3867,"date":"2025-11-25T01:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/champions-chelsea-main-weapons-against-barcelona_315325_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:29:02","slug":"champions-chelsea-main-weapons-against-barcelona_315325_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/champions-chelsea-main-weapons-against-barcelona_315325_102.html","title":{"rendered":"CHAMPIONS: Chelsea’s Main Weapons Against Bar\u00e7a"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea hosts Bar\u00e7a this Tuesday without their main star, Cole Palmer, available, but with most of their extensive squad at their disposal. Enzo Maresca’s team boasts a fearsome attack<\/h2> \r\n
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FC Barcelona<\/strong> visits Chelsea<\/strong> this Tuesday, the current club world champion. Enzo Maresca<\/strong>‘s team has invested billions of euros since the arrival of American businessman Todd Boehly as president and boasts one of the most expensive and complete squads in the world.<\/p>

Despite the absence of Cole Palmer, their main star, Enzo Maresca’s team boasts a consolidated idea and formation: a 4-2-3-1 similar to Bar\u00e7a’s, although with less possession and build-up, betting more on verticality thanks to the speed of their main weapon: offensive variations<\/p>

Joao Pedro, Estevao, Gittens, Pedro Neto… A team with youth and explosiveness in attack<\/h2>

Joao Pedro<\/strong> has established himself as the team’s ‘9’ since his arrival in the summer, amidst the Club World Cup. The Brazilian has already scored 7 goals and provided 3 assists in 18 games and, after Palmer’s physical problems, has taken over the leadership of the ‘blue’ attack.<\/p>

In the summer, Jamie Gittens and Estevao<\/strong> also arrived, the latter having been courted by Bar\u00e7a months prior. The 18-year-old winger has already scored a couple of times in his first 44 Champions League appearances, while the former Dortmund striker has had a rather discreet start to the season, with no goals in 10 games.<\/p>

Pedro Neto<\/strong>, for his part, has scored 4 goals in the Premier League. The Portuguese player is a constant threat as a left winger, a position where former United player Alejandro Garnacho also now features. So far this season, Chelsea has scored 38 goals in 18 matches, averaging 2.11 per game.<\/p>

Chelsea Will Bet on Their Star Midfield Against Bar\u00e7a<\/h2>

In the midfield, the London club also boasts two players of great quality and experience: **Mois\u00e9s Caicedo and Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez**. The club invested 116 and 121 million in their signings, and the two South American midfielders have established themselves in Maresca’s system, with the Argentine playing as an attacking midfielder.<\/p>

Against Bar\u00e7a, the Italian coach has **the experienced Reece James and the Brazilian Andrey Santos** as alternatives to accompany Caicedo in the defensive double pivot. Rom\u00e9o Lavia and D\u00e1rio Essugo, the other options for this position, are out due to injury<\/p>

Cucurella and Guiu, two Bar\u00e7a youth players on the opposing side<\/h2>
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Marc Guiu, in a match with Chelsea<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

Two other ‘threats’ for Hansi Flick’s team at Stamford Bridge are old acquaintances of the club. Marc Cucurella<\/strong>, a youth academy product who left the club in 2020 after several loans to Eibar and Getafe, has established himself as one of the best left-backs in English football, as well as an undisputed starter for the Spanish national team.<\/p>

On Tuesday, the player from Alella will have the tough mission of marking Lamine Yamal, whom he knows well. “He is a very special player. He has to experience things because he is very young. In the end, he is at a great level, he is a great player. It will be a tough match,” he said about the Bar\u00e7a number 10 in the pre-match press conference.<\/p>

Also on the ‘blue’ bench will be Marc Guiu<\/a>. The forward left in 2024 for 6 million euros and, although he has had a very complicated first year, he has managed to earn a place after the departure of Nico Jackson and the muscular problems of Liam Delap.<\/p>

The one from Granollers, in fact, was loaned to Sunderland in August, but the club brought him back just before the summer transfer window closed<\/a><\/strong>. For now, he has scored 7 goals in 22 games with Chelsea and, on Tuesday, he hopes to get minutes in the second half<\/p>