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Line-up of the FC Barcelona against the Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey

MESSI, IN THE XI IN VALLECAS

Line-ups of the Rayo Vallecano-FC Barcelona of the Copa del Rey 2020-21

Published:27/01/2021 - 20:03h

Updated:27/01/2021 - 20:52h

Ronald Koeman has revealed the line-up with which the FC Barcelona will play this Wednesday against the Rayo Vallecano. This is the XI of the Barça: Neto; Mingueza, Araújo, Lenglet, Junior; Busquets, De Jong, Riqui Puig; Messi, Trincao and Griezmann

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The FC Barcelona confronts this Wednesday 27 January to the Ray Vallecano to domicile, with reason of some eighth of final of the Glass of the King 2020-21 in which the culés will look for to attain the pass to the round of chambers without any fright. The team directed by Ronald Koeman will try to follow with the good series of victories to domicile in what it goes of the month of January of 2021.

The Barça, besides, is perfectly conscious of what has them sucedido to Athletic and Real Madrid in these first rounds of Glass, and no fiará neither a peel of one of the best teams of Second Division, as it is the group franjirrojo. Because of the accumulation of parties in the calendar, this yes, Ronald Koeman will give rest to several 'holy cows' and will bet by an eleven formed by acting and young promises.

The group blaugrana knows that a victory been bulky can follow catapulting him anímicamente of face to the next commitments, and wants to take advantage of it. To the absences of Coutinho, Hammered, Sergi Roberto, Dest and Ansu Fati by injury contrapone the turn of key players like Messi, Of Jong and Jordi Alba, that were not in the previous round. The Barça will configure an eleven of guarantees in which the attack will be formed by Messi, Trincao 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 victory holgada that can convince to his followers, boosting like this the good vibrations. 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 Ray Vallecano and FC Barcelona:

  • XI of the Ray Vallecano: Dimitrievski; Mario, Catena, Salvejich, Martos; Comesaña, Trejo, Montiel; Andrés Martín, Qasmi and Fran García.
  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Net; Mingueza, Lenglet, Araújo, Junior; Busquets, Of Jong, Riqui Puig; Messi, Trincao and Griezmann.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Arnau, Jordi Alba, Pjanic, Ilaix, Pedri, Umtiti, Dembélé and Braithwaite.

The eleven of the Barça is plagado of rotations. Net Walled will be in the goal, with Mingueza like titling in the right side in front of the drops accumulated, with Lenglet and Araújo in the axis of the defence and Junior Firpo in the left side. Busquets, Of Jong and Riqui Puig will complete a centre of the field of containment, theft and touch, whereas the forward will be composed as we already have advanced by Messi, Trincao and Griezmann.

The Ray Vallecano, by his part, will go out to play in his stadium with the maximum ambition to generate difficulties from the beginning and the clear will to give the surprise. The ones of Iraola will reflect an intense rhythm in all the zones of the field, especially in the pressure and the repliegue, and will try to contest also the possession of balloon to the culés. The Barça will have to watch the contragolpes and the played to unemployed balloon.