The FC Barcelona confronts this Wednesday 13 January to the Real Sociedad in Córdoba, with reason of a semifinal of the Supercopa of Spain 2021 in which the culés will look for to attain the pass to the final of Seville. The team directed by Ronald Koeman chains several consecutive victories practising a good game and showing a big state of form.

The Barça, in this sense, will have by in front an opportunity that will not be able to desaprovechar to approach to the first title of the season 2020-21, in front of a Real Sociedad come to less in the last weeks, had to partly to the calendar tightened to the that has seen subjected. Although it is true that the Barça also has been irregular in what it goes of course, this Wednesday Koeman will go back to present a competitive alignment to carry the pass to the final.

The group blaugrana knows that a victory can catapult him anímicamente of face to the next commitments, and especially on the eve of the hypothetical final of the Sunday. To the absences of Coutinho, Hammered, Sergi Roberto and Ansu Fati has added in the last hours the one of Leo Messi by some muscular annoyances. In spite of this, the Barça will configure an eleven of guarantees in which the attack will be formed by Pedri, Griezmann, Dembélé and Braithwaite

Although the paramount will be to ensure the triumph, the Barcelona does not want to go down the foot of the accelerator and expects to attain a victory the most been bulky possible that can convince to his followers, promoting like this the continuity of the good series initiated from recently more than a week. In the second part expect changes that will go in function of how pass the party, to end to keep the cool legs of the heavy weights.

The XI of Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona:

  • XI of the Real Sociedad: Remiro; Gorosabel, Zubeldia, Him Normand, Monreal; Guevara, Guridi, Merino; Portu, Isak and Oyarzabal.
  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Lenglet, Araújo, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Of Jong; Pedri, Dembélé, Griezmann and Braithwaite.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: Net, Iñaki Crag, Ilaix Moriba, Riqui Puig, Umtiti, Pjanic, Trincao, Junior and Dest.

The eleven of the Barça recovers to several 'headlines' usual of the last parties, although with light changes. The main is the entrance of Lenglet, that lost by sanction the last party of League. In the defensive line, Mingueza will go back to the titularity in the right side by surprise, with Lenglet and Araújo in the axis of the defence and Jordi Alba in the left side. Busquets and Of Jong will complete a centre of the field of containment, theft and balance, whereas the forward will be composed as we already have advanced by Pedri, Griezmann, Dembélé and Braithwaite.

The Real Sociedad, by his part, will go out to play in his stadium with the ambition to generate difficulties from the beginning and the clear will to give the surprise in earths cordobesas. The ones of Imanol will not renounce to at all and will reflect an intense rhythm in all the zones of the field, especially in the pressure and the repliegue. The Barça will have to watch the transitions and the played to unemployed balloon.