Will Xavi take a risk? Iñigo Martínez hopes to start against Antwerp

After a summer complicated by the injuries, Iñigo Martínez could be headline for the first time with the FC Barcelona this Tuesday against the Royal Amberes. The alone Basque has played 15 minutes in what it goes of season (in front of Osasuna and Betis), but already has surpassed totally the fascia plant that it forced him to lose the pre-season and, without Ronald Araújo available, has good options of ingresar in the XI.

And it is that, in the first five days of LaLiga, the pair Christensen-Koundé has been of the game in all the parties. The Frenchman, in fact, has played all the minutes up to now, whereas the Danish has been a fixed change in the complement. Thus, the logic aims to that one of the two rest the Tuesday, considering the demanding of the calendar culé for the next weeks.

Iñigo, smart to recover the competitive rhythm

The one of Ondarroa was low with the Athletic of Bilbao in the first two months of 2023 by the fascitis that reappeared in summer and, besides, suffered a calcareous spur the last month of the season, by which lost 13 of the last 20 days of LaLiga. The physical problems generated a lot of doubts on his signing, but Iñigo trusts to recover the competitive rhythm from already, as long as it can have the necessary shooting.

It is thus that the party of the Tuesday luce like the perfect stage so that the Basque was of the game. Although it treats of the debut in Champions like venue and the obligation is maximum, the modest Amberes, in principle, does not have to represent a serious obstacle for a Barça that the Saturday arrasó to the Betis and, in Montjuïc, has seen very comfortable in his two first presentations. This yes, the respect is total by the Belgian champion, by which Xavi would not have to do too many 'retouchings' in his eleven.

The rotations that could apply Xavi in front of the Amberes

In addition to Iñigo, could reappear in the XI Marcos Alonso and Sergi Roberto to give rest to Joao Cancel and Alejandro Balde. Another that has to be of the game is Ílkay Gündogan, acting the Saturday by caution after the hit suffered in the stop of selections. In attack, Raphinha and Joao Félix outline like headlines beside Robert Lewandowski, although Lamine Yamal also has a lot of options to go in in the alignment.