This Tuesday 11 May, from the 22:00 hours, the FC Barcelona will play in front of the Raise, in the stadium Ciutat of Valencia, in the corresponding duel to the day 36 of the domestic championship, with the only aim to win and give a hit on the table in the fight by the title and put pressure to the Athletic and Real Madrid, that play the Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
The crash in front of the Valencians arrives just after the tie (0-0) in front of the Atleti, in the Camp Nou. The culés have the opportunity to recover the good feelings and put leaders, provisionally, of the classification, since to add the three points, would be accumulating 78 in the championship, surpassing the 77 of the 'colchoneros', those who will play a day afterwards in front of the Real Sociedad. The opportunity to put in the highest, surely, will be an extra motivation for the culés before jumping to the field.
However, they will have to be very accurate in front of a Raise that already it has won him to the Real Madrid (1-2 in the party of the second turn) and that has taken him out a tie and triumph to the Atleti (2-2 and 0-2), by what, although it is in a situation complicated in this moment, with an alone victory in the last seven parties (in front of Valencia, by the minimum), have serious options to be able to complicate him the night to the Barcelona, that already know what is to suffer in front of the 'granotas' this season.
In the clash of the first turn, the Barça achieved a complicated and worked triumph in front of the Raise, in the Camp Nou, thanks to a solitary so much of Leo Messi in the second part, after a glorious pass of Frenkie of Jong to the rosarino, that shot with forcefulness and, after touching the balloon in Aitor and afterwards in the stick, materialised the so much of a victory to mediated December that, although they deserved it the ones of Koeman, suffered it to the end.
On the other hand, to the Barcelona has resisted him the triumph in his last two visits to the feudo 'granota', with two defeats in 2019. In League fell by 3-1 at the beginning of November, but before fell in Glass, by 2-1, although it did not influence in the clasficación of the culés to the quarter-finals of this edition.
The data smile him to the Barça
In this opportunity, the data favour to the blaugrana by what have done in this season. The ones of Ronald Koeman are the best instrument visitor of LaLiga, adding 37 points of 51 possible far of the Camp Nou, with 12 victories, a tie and four defeats in 17 parties, adding besides 37 goals of visitor and fitting only 15 so many.
By the contrary, the Raise is the eighth worse venue in the domestic competition. In 17 parties in the Ciutat of Valencia, have added 22 of 51 units, with five triumphs, seven ties and five defeats. They register only 22 goals home, by the 25 that have received in this campaign.
Koeman, with everything to by all
For this party, Ronald Koeman will return to the bench of the FC Barcelona after having fulfilled his two meetings of sanction after the red that received in front of the Granada. For fortune of the blaugrana, all the players will be available, to exception of Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati, those who continue recovering of his respective problems in the knee and will be drop until the next season.
Finally, in spite of the shock that suffered in front of the Athletic, Sergio Busquets will travel with the team to Valencia, totally recovered of his small fissure in the upper jawbone, by what will be available and will be able to add minutes in the crash of this Tuesday.
Technical index card of the party: Raise-FC Barcelona
- Party: Raise-FC Barcelona
- Competition: LaLiga Santander
- Stadium: Ciutat of Valencia
- Television: Tuesday, 11 May to the 22:00 hours (Spanish hour)
- Calendar 2020-2021: League Santander, Champions League, Glass of Rey