It arrives the hour of the truth and the trauma is the defence

The defeat of the FC Barcelona in front of the Seville (0-2) have to shake it so prompt like this Saturday, when they will confront by The League Santander to the Sportive Alavés. The national championship is still in hands of the Athletic of Madrid, but the slip in front of the Celtic of Vigo (2-2) has put the panorama in the terrain that the directed by Ronald Koeman wanted from does long: recortar the distance and see which raisin.

For now, this Saturday have the mission to recover momentáneamente the second place, that now is occupied with party more by the Real Madrid. A priori, the crash against the albiazules would have to be a formality, but in this season at all is invoiceed ahead of time. The Barcelona will have to deploy like his artillery to define fast the party against the sixteenth of LaLiga and afterwards Dutch do the his: dosificar to the active more important of face to the duel of Champions.

The Tuesday 16 February, is the marked date with resaltador yellow for the Barça. It is the hour to show how much has advanced and that the 10 of 12 parties won in 2021 is not a mirage. Attain a good result in the Camp Nou in the party of gone of the 8vos of the Champions League in front of a Paris Saint Germain (PSG) is key for the FC Barcelona follow mounted in the motorbike. In spite of the drops in defence, a relief would have to mean no lidiar with Neymar neither Ángel Gave María.

To surpass the eliminatory, will be key that the French Antoine Griezmann follow exhibiting the leadership of the last parties, beside Frenkie of Jong and Pedri, in addition to his compatriot Dembélé. And that the contribution of Alba and his always productive alliance with Leo Messi was sufficient to avoid a fall that could brake in dry the progression that leads Koeman.

The worry right now goes through the defence, where the plague of injuries follows generating headaches to the trainer culé, afterwards of the fallido party that had Samuel Umtiti, the one who went the big portrayed of the commitment. The injury of Ronald Araújo and the decision of the Dutch to opt by the French finished were the big detonantes of the shipwreck in Glass of Rey.

"No, it does not have physical problems. It has been a decision to play with Mingueza and Umtiti because there are a lot of parties. Then, each three days there are parties and there are few people backwards and it is necessary to try have to all the available world", explained Koeman in front of the interrogante on the absence of Lenglet, the one who by "tactical decision" remained again in the bench. In spite of everything, and at least in front of the microphones, the trainer did not evaluate badly to Umtiti.

Koeman Does not crease

"Well, clear that in two played (...) I think that have left too much space in the first goal from the half field, no only our defences. The second goal, usually do not play to the offside and I always say to the defences that it is necessary to follow running. We do not play to the offside because the central never know if have to the side in the back. Then, it has been a bad decision of Umtiti, but think that was well in the party. It has done failures, as all the world and is part of the football. I think that is not just to go to by him, because I think that the team was well. We lost all and win all", said.