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Line-ups of the FC Barcelona against the Juventus in the Camp Nou

ARAÚJO RETURNS TO THE XI

Line-ups of the FC Barcelona-Juventus of the Champions League 2020-21

Published:8/12/2020 - 19:44h

Updated:8/12/2020 - 19:49h

Ronald Koeman has revealed the line-up with which the FC Barcelona will play this Tuesday against the Juventus in the Camp Nou. This is the XI of the Barça: Ter Stegen; Dest, Lenglet, Araujo, Jordi Alba; Pjanic, De Jong; Pedri, Messi, Trincao and Griezmann

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The FC Barcelona confronts this Tuesday 8 December to the Juventus of Turín in the Camp Nou, with reason of a sixth day of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2020-21 in which the culés will look for to ensure mathematically the first square of the Group G, adding if possible the three points in front of a 'Vecchia Signora' to which already won by 0-2 in the first turn.

Although with Koeman has improved in some appearances, the Barça follows having a lot of irregularities in his game and results, until the point that varied of his players do not finish to show his best level of regular form. It expects that this Tuesday, in spite of some light rotations, sees a big version of the Barça. The culés only would lose the first square of the Group G if they fall by goleada in front of the Juventus in the Camp Nou.

In spite of the absences of Gerard Hammered, Sergi Roberto, Ansu Fati and Ousmane Dembélé, the Barça will configure an eleven of full guarantees in which the front of attack will be composed by Leo Messi, Trincao, Griezmann and Pedri. Coutinho And Braithwaite will remain in the bench this time, and will see if they finish having minutes or no in the second time.

Although the paramount will be to ensure the first square of the group, the Barcelona does not want to go down the foot of the accelerator and expects to attain a victory been bulky that it serve to content to his 'fans', in front of one of the most fearsome teams of Europe. In the second part expect some changes that will go in function of how pass the party, always with the aim to keep or go up the intensity.

The XI of FC Barcelona and Juventus

  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; S. Dest, Lenglet, Araujo, Jordi Alba; Pjanic, Of Jong; Messi, Trincao, Pedri and Griezmann
  • Bench of the Barça: Net, I. Crag, Umtiti, Junior, Mingueza, Aleñá, Busquets, Matheus, Coutinho, Braithwaite, Konrad and Riqui Puig
  • XI of the Juventus: Buffon; Danilo, Of Ligt, Bonucci, Sandro; Square, Arthur, McKennie, Ramsey; Morata and Cristiano

The eleven of the Barça arrives with some novelties. In the defensive line, Sergiño Dest will go back to the titularity in the right side, with Lenglet and Araujo in the axis of the defence and Jordi Alba in the left side. Pjanic And Of Jong will complete a centre of the field of containment, theft and control, whereas the forward will be composed as we already have advanced by Messi, Trincao, Griezmann and Pedri.

The Juventus of Pirlo, by his part, will go out to the Camp Nou to play with the ambition to generate difficulties and the illusion to win to the Barça, although it do not attain the first square. The Italians arrive without being neither to his best level, but even so they wish to reflect an intense rhythm of game from the first minute, especially in the pressure and the repliegue. Have to 'cracks' that they can do a lot of damage to the FC Barcelona, as Cristiano Ronaldo.