Two surprises in the first eleven of Setién after the pandemic

After three months without football, to Quique Setién touched him take important decisions of face to the resumption of LaLiga Santander.​ All the become before that the pandemia forced to suspend the football did not cost and the players, in his turn to the trainings, initiated a species of 'pre-season' to win the confidence of the technician santanderino.

In the first party post-pandemia, contested against the Mallorca in the stadium of Sound Moix, Setién took important decisions and presented an alignment with some striking novelties caused by the physical state of some footballers that aimed to headlines. Like this the things, Luis Suárez and Samuel Umtiti, that seemed that they went to be of the game, remained in the bench of start.

In the case of the Uruguayan attacker, treats of an evident reason: the past month of January operated of the knee, by what Setién and the rest of the technical body have considered that it does not be ready to be headline. They have been more than four months of recovery, that has given satisfactory results, but that does not have difuminado the caution that the Barça wants to have with his second maximum goleador, with the permission of Antoine Griezmann.

Neither it has been headline Samuel Umtiti, also by physical reasons. The frank-Cameroonian suffered muscular problems in the turn to the trainings and saw forced to work to the margin to treat to arrive recovered to the resumption of LaLiga. Although has the high medical, Setién already warned in a recent interview that did not finish him to see to the one hundred by one hundred, something that has been definite so that it began from the bench in front of the Mallorca.

Opportunity for Braithwaite and Araújo

The suplencias of Luis Suárez and Umtiti have given the opportunity to play to two footballers with many win to win the place of face to the next season. The first of them is Martin Braithwaite, headline against the bermellones beside Leo Messi and to Griezmann. The ariete Danish arrived in February and wants to show that it deserves to be still in the Camp Nou. In his first parties left very good feelings and like this wants to follow.

On the other hand, Ronald Araújo was the elected to form couple in the axis of the defence beside Gerard Hammered. In the FC Barcelona sees to the Uruguayan defender like fourth head office for the next season and is thus that the young defender will have to take advantage of to the maximum the few opportunities of which will have during the following weeks to strengthen in the team.