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Frenkie de Jong contra el Celta de Vigo

FRENKIE WILL REAPEAR IN ANOETA

Xavi's game plan for Frenkie de Jong's return against Real Sociedad

Published:31/10/2023 - 23:44h

Updated:1/11/2023 - 07:29h

Barring a surprise, Frenkie de Jong will return to the FC Barcelona squad for the visit to Real Sociedad. The Dutchman will be discharged from the hospital shortly and, in principle, will be able to play in the second half at Anoeta

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The infirmary of the FC Barcelona will free in brief to the two 'heavy weights' that did not attain to recover to time for the Classical of the Saturday. So much Pedri González like Frenkie of Jong await by the high medical thinking in the duel of the Saturday in front of the Real Sociedad, a very complicated party for a Barça forced to add the three points for no despegarse more than the leadership.

In the case of the Dutch, the plan of Xavi Hernández aims to give him some 20 or 25 minutes in the complement, as it sue it the formality of the meeting in San Sebastián. The past season, the group blaugrana finished goleando to the 'txuri-urdines' (1-4) with a ráfaga of 3 goals in 11 minutes (of the 68' to the 79') promoted by the contribution of the changes made in the second part (Ansu, the 'MVP' with two assistances and a so much).

Xavi will not risk with Frenkie thinking in the visit to the Shakhtar

However, the technician egarense will not risk with Of Jong if the one of Arkel is not to the 100 %. The priority of Xavi is to have the Dutch for the visit to the Shakhtar by the fourth day of the phase of groups of the Champions, a party in which the Barça can ensure his pass to eighth of final and, even, the leadership of his group with a victory.

Frenkie Does not play from 23 September in the crash in front of the Celtic, where suffered a sprain of ankle that forced him to ask the change happened the half hour of game. The injury painted for some three weeks of drop, but lengthened a bit more by caution and, finally, the footballer lost the Classical beside Pedri, another the one who had to expect much more of the foreseen to receive the high medical.

Of Jong will be 'intocable' with Xavi in his return

Except surprise, the tulip will go back to be one of the 'fixed' in the XI of the of Terrassa when it return to the action. The Barça has missed him, mainly in the Classical, where Gavi had to do a big effort to make the work of pivote like only mediocentro of mark. The bajón of Oriol Romeu has opened the debate on the need of fichar a '5' and only Of Jong seems to have the necessary to sort out in the centre of the field culé.

"The surroundings has a big capacity for infravalorar everything. A footballer that is a 10 is an eight. The one who is an eight is a 6. Therefore it is the most difficult club of the world for the players. Frenkie Is one of the best of the world. And it is it when it trains. Therefore some surprise . They see it train and think: why it is so criticised?", it said Xavi on the '21' does a pair of weeks. Definitely, the Dutch is a key piece in the Barça 23/24, much more of what already was it the past season.

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