Dembélé aims to return to the XI in the derby against Espanyol

The FC Barcelona will be able to have his eleven of gala in front of the Espnayol in Cornellà-The Prat next Sunday, a party in which the group blaugrana can sing the 'alirón' if it adds the three points. Without doubts in defence neither the centre of the field, the only interrogante of Xavi Hernández aims to the companion of Robert Lewandowski: keep to Raphinha like headline or put to Ousmane Dembélé from the go.

The Frenchman recently reappeared in the crash in front of the Betis (4-0) and, although it saw in good physical conditions, as it was to expect was errático in the definition by the fault of rhythm. In this sense, the technician egarense is conscious of the fault of minutes of the of Vernon and, further of the risk of a possible relapse, the extreme has to play the maximum possible of here at the end of the season to arrive to tope to the pre-season.

Busquets and Of Jong will be still in the eleven

In spite of his bajón in the last weeks, Frenkie of Jong would have to go on doing pair with Sergio Busquets in the medullary to maintain a balance. Of the same way, Pedri and Gavi are intocables while they are well physically, with the one of The Palaces and Villafranca a so much more delayed to give to the '8' the possibility to move by all the frontal of the area, trying generate spaces in a defence 'blanquiazul' forced to advance some metres by the urgencies of the 'parakeets'.

The Espanyol needs to win at all costs to take oxygen in his fight by the permanence, since a new defeat (would be the second consecutive and the third in the last four days) would leave them almost to the edge of the abyss to fault of four days if Valencia, Valladolid and Cádiz add in the date. Instead, the Barça will go to Cornellà with the tranquility to keep a mattress of +13 on the classified second that keeps them to a step of the championship.

Raphinha Expects to keep the titularity

By his part, Raphinha knows that the return of Dembélé complicates his status of 'titularísimo'. The Brazilian adueñó of the right side from the injury of the Frenchman and, with his toneless performance in front of the Osasuna, could do sentenced his luck for what subtracts of tournament if Ousmane is to the 100 %. For the one of Carry Cheerful can be weeks very complicated, as the directive no descarta sell him in summer if it arrives a good offer of some English club (Chelsea, the most interested up to now).