Aspiazu: "The absence of Busquets is a technical decision"

More than an hour before the beginning of the Classical , the FC Barcelona made public the alignment decided by Ernesto Valverde to face the meeting, that formed it Marc-André ter Stegen in goal; Jordi Alba, Clément Lenglet, Gerard Hammered and Nélson Semedo in defence; Sergio Busquets, Frenkie of Jong and Sergi Roberto in the medullary and Antoine Griezmann, Leo Messi and Luis Suárez in the forward.

The eleven called the attention by the absence of Ivan Rakitic and the bet by Sergi Roberto in the centre of the field but, shortly after, confirmed an unexpected change: finally, the Croatian himself was headline and the one who remained in the bench was Sergio Busquets, affected by an unrest that, shortly after, Catalonia Ràdio confirmed that it treated of a feverish process.

After this, Jon Aspiazu, second trainer and assistant of Ernesto Valverde, explained that the drop of the second captain of the FC Barcelona owed "to a technical decision", framed inside the general unrest of the midfield player of Badia. Without place to doubts, the one of Busquets was a very sensitive drop because of all what contributes in the exit in circulation from backwards and in the recovery of balloons.

Besides, Jon Aspiazu also explained the decision to bet by Sergi Roberto in the centre of the field in the position of interior, a distinct place to the of right side that comes occupying the Catalan from the injury of Nélson Semedo. "With Sergi Roberto have physical deployment because it can help to arrive to the repliegue in the contras of the Real Madrid", explained.

The assistant of the Txingurri also commented the titularity of Gareth Bleat in the Real Madrid, that finally was the elected to form offensive couple beside Karim Benzema with Isco Alarcón of stick. It said that it had to watch a lot with the Welsh "because it is a player that goes well to the back of the players, is a danger in the spaces and is very good in the driving of the balloon".

Centred in the party

Aspiazu Did special upsetting in having "prudence" in front of a so powerful rival like the Real Madrid, ensuring that the team has not centred in everything it extradeportivo that it has surrounded the meeting. "We are sporty and only want that it see a big show", commented the assistant of Valverde before the start of the last Classical of the decade.