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POLL: Who has to be the relief of Coutinho in the Juventus-Barça?

Published:25/10/2020 - 15:30h

Updated:26/10/2020 - 11:38h

Philippe Coutinho will be some weeks out by an injury in the biceps femoral, and Koeman will have to plant in the position of second forward to another player of the squad

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The injury of Philippe Coutinho, that suffers an ailment in the biceps femoral whose scope still desconoce, will force to Ronald Koeman to throw of alternatives of face to the transcendental party of the next Wednesday against the Juventus of Turín, corresponding to the second day of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2020-21. To who will choose the Dutch technician like relief?

That is precisely the question that launch in the following survey of 'FCBN', with the aim to know which is the opinion of the fans culés in this regard. Pedri González, Leo Messi and Antoine Griezmann seem the clearest alternatives that handles the trainer of the Barça, unless it decide to change of system or surprise with any another alternative that up to now has not valued.

THE POLL Who would you plant to relieve to Coutinho against the Juventus?

Of face to the commitment against the Juventus, the most likely is that Koeman bet for planting to Griezmann in the place where better manages with France and where shined with the Athletic of Madrid: the place of mediapunta or second forward. Here, possibly behind a Messi that would act of 'false nine', the French could recover the confidence and his best game, with Ansu Fati and Dembélé or Trincao by the bands.

Another option would be to plant to Leo Messi in the place of Coutinho and of 'false nine' to Griezmann, with the identical bands previously mentioned, or bet by Pedri González of mediapunta and relegar to Griezmann again to the right band or even to the bench, taking into account that it has begun the two last parties from there in Champions and League.

Has several options Koeman, and all they of big quality. Also it explains in the staff with 'covered' as Carles Aleñá or Riqui Puig, those who could exert wonderfully in the mediapunta usually occupied by Coutinho.

The Barça looks for to recover the confidence

Until the Wednesday will not know which is the alignment by which bets the FC Barcelona to visit the Juventus Stadium, a place in which it lost by 3-0 three years ago and where the culés will try to attain a victory meritoria to recover the illusion and the confidence in his possibilities. For the moment, the Barça is leader of his group empatado to points with the 'Vecchia Signora', and commands by difference of goals.