Alignments of eighth of Champions: Chelsea-Barcelona

After a first demanding part, the season complicates even more for the FC Barcelona, that will put to proof again with the return of the Champions. The difficulty goes up a lot of integers in Europe, and the first opponent is Chelsea that pretends to give the hit in Stamford Bridge. The Catalans do not want to leave surprise..

For the first time in what it goes of course, there is not lesionados for the clash, since all the 'touched' have forgotten in elder or lower measured his physical problems. Those that himself will lose the meeting will be Philippe Coutinho, because it already participated in this edition of the tournament with the Liverpool, and Nélson Semedo, that fulfils a party of sanction by accumulation of yellow.

The list of summoned had all the available players, although some have remained went to complete the bench. However, there are not too many surprises in the team, in which finally there will be novelties between the headlines. As already intuía does some days, there will be too many changes from the Eibar.

This is the XI of the Barça in front of Chelsea

XI of Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso; Willian, Hazard and Pedro.

XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Hammered, Umtiti, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta, Paulinho; Suárez and Messi.

Bench of the Barça: Cillessen, Denis, Dembélé, Digne, André Gomes, Aleix Vidal, Vermaelen.

With more reason that never, Ernesto Valverde will throw of the 4-4-2 in a very complicated field. It will be necessary to be more inspired that does some days to surpass the pressure in a very narrow field, but the jugones are had to this. With Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic in the room of machines, Andrés Iniesta and Paulinho will be the supports for the forward. The defence has the men of confidence of Ernesto Valverde, as well as a tip of attack in which they do not rest Luis Suárez and Leo Messi, the attendants to complicate him the life to Thibaut Courtois.

Chelsea, by his part, will repeat a strategy that always has given him result against the culés, presionar and defend as never. The group that directs Antonio Conte wants to demolish to one of the big favourites, and knows that his best opportunity begins for tying a good result to the heat of his fans. It is all ready.