After invigorating the mountain magic of Montjuïc with two overwhelming wins (Betis and Antwerp) and a historic comeback (Celta), Barcelona He leaves his temporary home this day to defend for the first time the LaLiga leadership. Visit today a Mallorca stung by the defeat that the Gironathe other leader of LaLiga.
Xavi’s team will play again before Real Madridwho will do so this Wednesday against UD Las Palmas and that the team Michel, who will face Villarreal at the Estadio de la Cerámica. The idea is to win and put maximum pressure.
Barcelona faces an exhausting string of matches and Xavi appeals to rotation.
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happy for him 3-2 against Celta Although somewhat stunned by their disorderly play and their stressful victory ‘in extremis’, the Barça team will appear for Son Moix propelled by a streak of five days without losingan accounting of 16 points out of 18 possible and a bag full of good feelings.
Enough to send in LaLiga for better gol-average and defend your candidacy for the title against a rival that is dangerously hovering around the relegation spots. It won’t be a cake walk, at least not on paper, because Javier Aguirrethe vermilion coach, has taken as an example the approaches of Getafe and Celta itself, both with an abundance of defenders.
Xavi, forced to change to visit Mallorca
Xavi will resort to rotations again. A minimum of two, as he has already revealed on a couple of occasions, to face a loaded calendar matches until the next stop.
Even more so without Frenkie de Jong, injured for a month and a half due to an ankle problem. The Dutch midfielder was one of the regulars and Xavi analyzes a solution with several alternatives.
The most likely option is to hand over the role to Gavior perhaps Sergi Roberto, and play with wingers, now that he has them all plugged in due to their good features and great performance.
Entries to the team will not change the culé coach’s instructions. With one of the most powerful squad in recent seasons and at the same time versatile, Xavi wants a different profile this time: for his team to attack better, for the interiors to understand when they should take over the spaces, work better on surveillance and not allow so many opposition counters or transitions. Even more so against a very direct rival.
Frenkie de Jong, absent from Barcelona’s eleven due to injury.
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In addition to a positive dynamic of results, andBarça has the historical factor in its favor. Since February 2011, they have accumulated 11 consecutive victories, the last of them on the island a 0-1 score by Lewandowski. Since 2009 they have not lost (14 games).
He Mallorca, however, has suffered three defeats in the last five games and a bad feeling that has become visible through some statements and some gestures of disapproval. With Kang-in Lee y Ruiz de Galarreta on other equipment and with Raíllo injured, the Mexican coach will shake up the team by introducing Abdon Pratssubstitute in Girona but he scored a double.
Mallorca vs Barcelona: lineups for the LaLiga match
Mallorca: Rajkovic, Jaume Costa, Copete, Nastasic, Valjent, Maffeo, Darder, Samu Costa, Abdon, Muriqi and Dani Rodriguez.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Joao Cancelo, Ronald Araújo, Inigo Martinez, Bucket; Gundogan, Gavi, Oriol Romeu; Raphinha, Joao Felix and Ferran Torres.
2023-09-26 18:18:08
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