RADICAL CHANGE IN THE DYNAMICS OF BARÇA
Xavi, the great 'beneficiary' of the 'competition' in the Barça locker room
The FC Barcelona players have taken a step forward and want to stay 'plugged in' in the final stretch of the season. Internal 'competition' has increased and the message is clear: Everyone wants to be important... A 'blessing' for Xavi Hernández
The FC Barcelona keeps 'enchufado' to exhaust and litigate by his options to win a title in this season and have showed it with the commitment in front of ThePalms . It was a night 'rare' for the Barcelona, because they showed uncomfortable in spite of playing with superiority of players by 70 minutes and were not very hit the players that, usually, mark the difference. Robert Lewandowki, to the that cancelled him a goal and failed a clear occasion with a finish with the shoulder that crashed in the crossbar, and Lamine Yamal were not 'fine' , but appeared Raphinha and Joao Félix, from the bench, to decant the result in favour of the Barcelona, in spite of the suffering in the final minutes.
In the changing room know that they play a lot of in these last days of LaLiga and that are forced to give the step forward that so much resisted them in the first turn. In defence, all want to be headlines and show that they are in conditions to be it. Jules Koundé, very criticised in the first stretch of the course, has given a significant jump in the right side. Joao Cancel has kept the regularity, even in the left, and in the axis of the saga the 'competition' is total: Araújo, Cubarsí and Iñigo Martínez want to and can be headlines.
The 'step' advance of all the staff of the Barça
In the medullary, in spite of the constant drops, the team has answered. In front of the absences of Andreas Christensen, Pedri González and Frenkie of Jong —in addition to the very known of Gavi—, Sergi Roberto and Fermín López have assumed chevrons and have turned into the companions more 'regular' of an indisputable Ílkay Gündogan. Raphinha Or Joao Félix appear 'always' to complete the square.
The blaugrana are conscious that they are very few the players that have a place guaranteeed in the XI of 'gala' and that win the titularity does not go out 'cheap'. Of there it can explain the step forward and win them to compete of a staff that has given a dump absolute in the last two months. The difference is abysmal and can be the key so that the Barça keep in the fight for winning any of the two titles in which they remain alive, LaLiga and Champions League.
The called to mark the difference
The difference will mark it in the attack, where —as it remained showed in front of The Palms— all the players want to win an opportunity. In the night in which they were not 'fine' Lewandowski or Yamal, appeared Raphinha and Joao, with the return of Ferran Torres that it also wants to be important and that, before falling lesionado, already showed that it can be a key piece. Vitor Roque Will be the option 'surprise', with the possibility to show his cost in front of the sanction of the '9' Polish by accumulation of cards.