The FC Barcelona goes back to LaLiga with a lot of responsibilities and, especially, obligations. The way in the domestic championship is more complicated that never and, at the beginning of February, are ten the points of difference on the Real Madrid, that grasps to the leadership of the classification. The ones of Xavi Hernández arrive to Mendizorroza with the need to win and expect to what can happen in Santiago Bernabéu the Sunday.
And it is that the Barcelona visit to the Sportive Alavés with the obligation to add three points, this Saturday from the 18:30 hours (6:30 PM CET). They initiate the day 23 of LaLiga EA SPORTS in the fourth position, with 47 points, and conscious that the Real Madrid-Athletic of Madrid can benefit them, as long as they achieve to impose to the team of Luis García Square in Mendizorroza.
The Barça, forced to change the dynamics
The Barça comes to impose by the minimum in front of the Osasuna in the pending party of the day 20, retarded by the dispute of the Supercopa of Spain, thanks to a goal of Vitor Roque, the one who ‘benefited’ of a big pass of Joao Cancel to win the ‘wall’ of the group of Pamplona. The blaugrana achieved to keep the goal in zero and win a blow of cool air in the middle of the crisis of results of these last weeks.
The ones of Xavi Hernández have not finished to achieve his best version, but yes a more ‘firm’ that it can be key so that the team react and try ‘save’ the season. They are to the doors of the dispute of the eighth of final of the Champions League, by what achieve a turning point in the previous can be vital for no ‘desengancharse’ in the two titles that keep at stake.
The Alavés wants to ‘surprise’ to the Barça
On the other hand, the Sportive Alavés comes to add three consecutive victories in LaLiga and showing a much more conclusive version, although in front of teams that are in positions of descent. In the last party imposed to the Almería (0-3), whereas before they had won with suffering in front of the Seville (2-3) and against the Betis (1-0). The ones of Luis García Square do not know the victory, in the domestic championship, from the past year when they received to the Real Madrid (0-1).
Samu Omorodion, that already was a quebradero of head for the Barça in the party of the first turn, is being one of the most important players of the team and against the picture almeriense signed a doublet for ‘certify’ the victory of his. The player of 19 years registers six targets in what it goes of championship, in addition to an assistance, and can be one of the differential players in Mendizorroza.
Plague of drops in the Barça
The Barça, in any case, faces the party with a lot of responsibility and with need, although it knows that they are too many the drops that there is in the staff. Xavi can not have Gavi and Balde, that will lose what subtracts of season, in addition to Ter Stegen, Raphinha, Ferran Torres, Joao Félix, Marcos Alonso and Sergi Roberto. Iñigo Martínez has received the high doctor in the last hours and will be the big ‘signing’ for this month of February.
The one of Terrassa has commented in press conference that “will be a very difficult party, complicated, aggressive rival, with positive dynamics. Luis García Square transmits them this aggressiveness. We stick them in his best moment. In his house still give more. We need the three points to try scalar positions”, justifying that “first we and afterwards expect. We have not done the duties. We have not been to the height of the competition. They remain 16 parties to compete it”.
