All or nothing: Barça plays the season in the 'Hell of Istanbul'

Published:16/03/2022 - 22:57h

Updated:17/03/2022 - 17:22h

FC Barcelona will visit the very complicated Galatasaray directed by Domènec Torrent at the Nef Stadyumu. The Catalans will face the Turks this Thursday in the second leg of the Europa League round of 16

The FC Barcelona of Xavi Hernández continues this Thursday to the 18:45 hours his way in the Europe League. The Barcelona group expect be still in the career by the title and to achieve it will have to win in the 'Hell of Istanbul' to the always complicated Galatasaray of Domènec Torrent. For the barcelonistas, the victory is transcendental in his aspirations for achieving heave a trophy during this season.

The blaugranas could not do cost his condition of venue in front of the 'lions' and did not attain to happen of the equality. The directed by Xavi were upper during all the meeting, during which had several occasions of goal (overcoat in the second part), but the wall imposed by the Turkish and the stellar performance of Iñaki Crag prevented to the culés arrive to Turkey with advantage in the global marker.

The Barcelona team has recovered the good feelings after this bitter tie. They come to win by 4-0 to the Osasuna in the Camp Nou and expect that the envión anímico achieved in front of the navarros, play an important paper in the crash in front of the ones of 'red and orange'. Besides, a victory would mean a subidón of important morals of face to the Classical that confront the Sunday in Santiago Bernabéu.

The Galatasaray arrives to the meeting after winning like locar to a hard rival like the Besiktas (2-1), that after this defeat happened to the eighth position of the Superliga of Turkey. However, his walk in the Europe League has been very different, and will receive to the FC Barcelona without having lost any party of the Europe League to date. An important series that expect to keep to be still in the competition.

Xavi will put his eleven of 'gala'

The technician of the Barcelona will put all the meat in the asador for this meeting that considers vital for the entity. On the eve of the Classical, expects that the one of Terrassa do not save at all to the hour to confront the crash in front of the Turkish. The technician confirmed in the previous press conference to the crossing that are thinking in the present and that afterwards will put seen to Madrid.

Therefore, they expect a lot of changes regarding the alignment presented by Hernández in the party of gone, in which rotó in several positions. In the right side would go back to be Sergiño Dest to the not being inscribed Dani Alves. In the central saga exists the doubt of Gerard Hammered, that had annoyances but at the end travelled with the team to Turkey. However, the good performance of Eric García in the past meeting added to the already mentioned annoyances, would put in doubt his titularity.

In the midfield, the egarense would go back to use his trident preferred. Sergio Busquets, Pedri and Frenkie of Jong would be the chosen to go out from the start. Precisely, the trainer was questioned by the presence of the of Badia in the eleven, to what this left clear that the player is fundamental in his diagram. Of agreement to as it was giving the party, could be of the first in being substituted to arrive cooler to the duel against the Real Madrid.

The leading would be the one of habit for the technician of the blaugranas. With the only doubt in the place of the '9', that could occupy so much Memphis like Aubameyang, expects that the extremes are visited by Adama Traoré and Ferran Torres. However, the presence from the start of Ousmane Dembélé would not be descartada completely, because of the good presentations of the 'mosquito' in the last dates.

They go back important players for the culés

Gavi Will go back to be available for the party of turn of the eighth of final. The one of The Palaces returned to the square directed by Xavi after having lost the meeting of gone by sanction, because of the accumulation of cards. The egarense also will have the presence of Nico, that lost the party in front of the Osasuna the weekend gone through the same reason that his mate.

Of the another side of the field, the Galatasaray also will be able to have the Dutch veteran Ryan Babel, that went out struck in the crash contested in the Camp Nou. The player was in the bench during the party of the 'Galata' this weekend against the Besiktas, and is in the announcement of the trainer Domènec Torrent. Therefore, his presence in the eleven headline is more than likely.

The 'Hell of Istanbul', key

The group trained by the egarense is conscious that they will confront to a very difficult rival. The Galatasaray arrives afterwards of a good victory in his league and the feelings of face to this meeting are positive. In favour of the group 'red and orange', is the heat of his stadium, whose noisy bloated does him the impossible life to the one who step the lawn of the venues. By something knows him like the 'Turkish Hell', and here are put the hopes of the 'Galata'.

In the meantime, the Barça follows with the good feelings that has recovered from the arrival of Xavi. In spite of the difficult meeting of gone, the culés arrive motivated and trust to achieve a good result that allow them be still in the competition and that anímicamente mean a hit of effect of face to what comes. In Barcelona feel favourite, but have respect by the rival and the context in which they confront it, by what expects a beautiful party. The letters are thrown on the table.