The FC Barcelona confronts this Saturday 17 April to the Athletic Club in The Cartuja of Seville, with reason of the final of the Glass of the King 2020-21, title that the culés have the obligation to raise for like this ensure at least a success this season, waiting for knowing what sucede in the final stretch of LaLiga. The Barça has signed big traced back to arrive until the final, especially the two last in front of Granada and Seville. In this sense, the ones of Koeman want to take advantage of the opportunity and carry a joy of Andalusian earths.

The blaugrana are perfectly conscious that win the title of Glass could be key in the future of LaLiga for, at least, improve the degree of confidence and with this the level of game in the last days. Therefore, the culés no escatimarán in efforts to defeat to an Athletic, the one of Marcelino, that already lost a final of Glass of the King two weeks ago in front of the Real Sociedad.

Ronald Koeman will bet by an eleven of full guarantees, very seemed to the that carries ranging week after week in the last meetings, although with some novelty. The group blaugrana want to that this appointment follow catapulting him anímicamente of face to the next commitments, and to the absences of Coutinho, Net and Ansu Fati by injury contraponen the recoveries of Hammered and Sergi Roberto. The Barça will configure an eleven of big level in which the front of attack will be formed by Messi and Griezmann.

Although the paramount will be to ensure the triumph, the Barcelona does not want to go down the foot of the accelerator and expects to attain a result that can follow giving hopes to his followers of face to the final stretch of the course. In the second part expect changes that will go in function of how pass the party, to end to keep the cool legs and not going down the competitive level.

The XI of Athletic Club and FC Barcelona:

  • XI of Athletic Club: Unai Simón; Of Marcos, Yeray, Iñigo Martínez, Balenziaga; Berenguer, Dani García, Unai López, Muniain; Iñaki Williams and Raúl García.
  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; S. Dest, Lenglet, Mingueza, Hammered, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Pedri, Of Jong; Messi and Griezmann.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: I. Crag, Arnau, Araújo, S. Roberto, Umtiti, Braithwaite, Trincao, Ilaix and Dembélé.

The eleven of the Barça arrives without hardly surprises. Ter Stegen Will be in the goal, with Sergiño Dest like carrilero right, Hammered, Mingueza and Lenglet in the axis of the defence and Jordi Alba in the left lane. Busquets, Of Jong and Pedri will complete the centre of the field, whereas the forward will be composed as we already have advanced by Messi and Griezmann.

The AthleticClub , by his part, will go out to play with the maximum ambition to generate difficulties from the beginning and the clear will to give the big surprise in The Cartuja. The ones of Marcelino know that they are not favourite, and arrive with the extra pressure to having lost already a final copera does some days. The FC Barcelona could play with the frustration of the 'lions' in function of the result.