A Clásico worth a title: Barça plays the Super Cup against Madrid

Published:14/01/2023 - 23:19h

Updated:14/01/2023 - 23:23h

The FC Barcelona has the opportunity to add his first title of the season, this Sunday, against the Real Madrid. The blaugrana will seek to win their first Spanish Super Cup since 2018

The FC Barcelona goes back to contest a final and finds to the doors of his first title from April of 2021, when they won the Glass of the King under the orders of Ronald Koeman. 1 year, 8 months, and 23 days afterwards, the Barcelona could celebrate a trophy, this time with Xavi Hernández in the bench. For this, will have to confront to the Real Madrid in the final of the Supercopa of Spain, this Sunday from the 20:00 hours.

The Classical second of the season, after the 3-1 in Santiago Bernabéu, antoja like a decisive party in which the Barça plays much more that a title, place can recover the confidence and certify that the project directed by the trainer egarense is giving his first fruits. Thus, they assume the Supercopa like an opportunity of gold to give a hit on the table in front of the eternal rival.

The culés come to win in the semifinals, against the Real Betis, in the batch of penaltis, after having equalised by 2-2 in the extention. They had advanced in the 40' by means of a goal of Robert Lewandowski, but in front of the fault of cotundencia in the attack to close the party and the growth of the verdiblancos in the offensive facet, the party finish very equalised. In the penal, Marc-André ter Stegen did big and signed the classification for his.

The Barça suffered more than the account and sees forced to correct a lot of errors that committed no only in front of the Betis, but also in the parties that has contested since they returned after the stop of selections. Against the Real Madrid, will be the ideal opportunity to recover the good feelings in the game. It will be a very complicated clash in which, probably, will go out victorious the one who less errors commit.

The good news is that Xavi Hernández has had time to prepare the party and knows the points that has to improve for 'neutralise' to the Madrid, as it already happened in March of the past year. The factor Vinícius Jr can be decisive and thus the technician culé will bet by Ronald Araújo to defend him and 'avoid' that escape by the band, something that did not achieve with Koundé in the last Classical.

Likewise, it will be key the work that can do the central of the Barça with Karim Benzema, the one who in the last three parties has annotated four goals and that, especially against Valencia, showed that it is recovering his best version. If the French is well and has spaces, is an authentic danger in the rival area and would give a lot of work to Marc-André ter Stegen that also is in a state of form sensacional.

In key Barça...

It will be important the role that can have Robert Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembélé, those who can be the most differential players in the party and can 'retar' to Thibaut Courtois in his goal. The Pole went back to the dynamic culé against the Real Betis and marked a goal (cancelled him another), but was not very participatory, as it had happened against the Espanyol. It will be key that, against the eternal rival, can show his version more 'killer'.

Dembélé, on the other hand, has been the offensive engine of the culés in his last apparitions. After the World-wide, in which it was very criticised, the 'Mosquito' has been a machine to generate danger and can do a lot of damage by the band, where surely will defend him his compatriot Ferland Mendy. Of what can do the '7', will depend a lot the attack of the Barça.

Doubts in the XI?

Everything seems to aim to that Xavi Hernández will follow betting by what better has worked him up to now, but there are several doubts regarding the alignment that will put against the Real Madrid: it will play with three or four midfield players? It will go in Raphinha or Ansu Fati? In front of the Betis, bet by Frenkie of Jong like pivote, with Gavi and Pedri of interiors, whereas the '22' Brazilian reinforced the right extreme.

However, to confront to the Madrid no descarta that the egarense do without an attacker to happen to play with a false extreme, that would be Pedri. Already it has tested it in several occasions and has given him good results, by what is an alternative that has won weight. It is the option that it bet by an Ansu Fati that turned into the best revulsivo possible for the culés against Valencia.