Barça seeks to remain 'alive' in LaLiga at the expense of RCD Mallorca

Published:7/03/2024 - 20:55h

Updated:8/03/2024 - 21:00h

FC Barcelona opens matchday 28 of LaLiga EA SPORTS with a key challenge: Beat RCD Mallorca to continue exhausting the 'comeback' options in the domestic championship and prepare for the return of the Champions League round of 16

The FC Barcelona goes back to LaLiga, in the previous of his decisive party against the Naples in the Champions League. In spite of the adverse result achieved the past week against the Athletic (0-0), the Catalans do not want to give by defeated and trust that it still is possible trace back and revalidate the title that won in the past season. The panorama is not the more favorecedor, but by in front there are eleven days in which anything can happen.

They receive to a RCD Mallorca that has left very good feelings in this last week. They deleted to the Real Sociedad in batch of penaltis for colarse in the final of the Glass of Rey and imposed to the Girona (1-0) to move away of the zone of descent. Javier Aguirre has given with the key so that his team can compete in this last (and decisive) stretch of the course. They will not put him the easy things to the Barça.

The balloon will throw to film from the 21:00 hours (9:00 PM CET), of this Friday, in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Compannys. The Barcelona have been 'benefited' by the calendar and will have sufficient time of rest to prepare the duel of the to Champions League of the Tuesday against the Naples. In five days play the possibility to follow alive in the two competitions and is not little thing. Xavi Hernández will have to take out the best version of the team or, at least, the most reliable.

'Mountain' Russian with drops for the Barça

And it is that if there is something that has remained clear in this campaign is that the Barça is a Russian mountain. They happened of a goleada conclusive in front of the Getafe (4-0) to remain to half gas in front of the Athletic (0-0). They have gone back a team impredecible and that, also, has gone back to be 'condemned' with the injuries. The trainer egarense will not be able to explain -in addition to Gavi, Balde, Alonso and Ferran- with Pedri González and Frenkie of Jong, those who fell lesionados in the visit to Saint Mamés and will be in the infirmary, as little, a month.

They will have to 'adapt' to the drops and throw of personality to carry out the next parties without two of the most important pieces in the centre of the field. In front of the Mallorca, besides, will not be presents by sanction Xavi neither Ronald Araújo. They saw the fifth yellow in front of the picture bilbaíno and corresponds them remain in the terracings. They are two sensitive drops. In defence, 'will move' the approach so that between Iñigo Martínez that, from his error against the Naples in the gone, has not been headline.

Split cheat for the Barça

Like this then , it will not be a simple night for the Barça in Montjuïc. The Mallorca arrives with the intention to give continuity to his good feelings and will not be a docile rival. Already they showed it with the 2-2 of the party of the first turn and will look for to repeat the history. The culés will have to loan special to Muriqi and Larin, the couple of forwards that more is working for the bermellones and that supposes a quebradero of heads for the defences.

Besides, it is very likely that the Catalans bet for adding more gunpowder to the forward to look for alternatives in the rival area, conscious that the Mallorca is a team that is used to to close very well backwards with until five players. That Lewandowski or Lamine Yamal can generate superiorities and be fine in the last pass can be the answer to arrive to the goal in front of a team that, although it finds in the fifteenth position, has not fit more than the Barça (34).

Decisive challenge for the Barça

The Barça plays much more that three points in the visit of the Mallorca. When being the attendants to inaugurate the day 28 of LaLiga, conditioned to his two direct rivals: Real Madrid and Girona. In case to win, the ones of Xavi would be assaulting of provisional way the second position of the championship and remaining to so alone five points of the White House, that will receive to an always uncomfortable RC Celtic in Santiago Bernabéu, the Sunday (18:30 hours CET).