BARÇA, WITH MANY DOUBTS
FC Barcelona-Athletic Club: The possible lineups for matchday 10 of LaLiga
FC Barcelona hosts Athletic Club with the aim of overcoming the losses and getting closer to Real Madrid in the lead. To do this, Xavi Hernández will have to juggle in his XI
The FC Barcelona takes action this Sunday with the visit of the Athletic Club to the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Compannys, in the party that will give beginning to some dangerous seguidillas of clashes in six days, that will finalise with the Classical in front of the Real Madrid next Saturday. The blaugrana confront this stretch of the season with a lot of drops and an infinity of doubts in the possible alignments of Xavi Hernández.
And it is that the Barça has until six players that, to day of today, are drop. It treats of Frenkie of Jong, Sergi Roberto, Jules Koundé, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Pedri González. There are options that some recover in this week, but to the party against the bilbaínos, the Barcelona arrive with the just. To continuation, our forecast of the alignments:
Likely alignments of the FC Barcelona-Athletic of LaLiga
- XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; I Cancel, Christensen, Iñigo Martínez, Balde; Gündogan, Oriol Romeu, Gavi; Lamine, Ferran Torres and Joao Félix.
- XI of the Athletic Club: Unai Simón; Of Marcos, Walls, Vivian, Yuri; Dani García, Ruiz of Galarreta; Iñaki Williams, Sancet, Nico Williams; and Guruzeta.
Ter Stegen
Although it has added 180 minutes with Germany and has had a hard trip from America, is foreseen that Marc-André ter Stegen defend the three sticks of the Barça once again. It will have to loan special attention to the brothers Williams, those who always are a danger, as well as players of the size of Sancet or Guruzeta.
I cancel-Christensen-Iñigo-Balde
In the defence there are two very clear doubts. The mate of Andreas Christensen in the axis of the defensive saga and the protagonist of the left side. Joao Cancel aims to be headline again, although it has played it everything with Portugal and before with the Barça, whereas the Danish could dominate the couple of head offices with Iñigo Martínez to give rest to Ronald Araújo. In principle, Alejandro Balde will be headline, but no descarta that it was Marcos Alonso the one who split by the band.
Gündogan-Romeu-Gavi
In the centre of the field will not be able to have a lot of rotations to consequence of the injuries. Ílkay Gündogan, in paper, would have to rest and could give entrance to Fermín López so that it add his second titularity, but everything seems to indicate to that Xavi Hernández will have the Teutonic to lead the centre of the field with Oriol Romeu of pivote and Gavi like second interior.
Lamine-Ferran-Joao
In the line of attack, Xavi will bet by what has. Lamine Yamal, recovered of his annoyances, will appear by the right extreme and Joao Félix in the left. Ferran Torres will have again an opportunity to stand out like relief of Robert Lewandowski in the centre of the forward, a position in which it already has showed that it is not very comfortable.