Barcelona and Valencia face each other today in a duel of opposite urgencies in the League. The Barça team arrives at the event eager to regain its momentum in the domestic competition, where it has 6 points from the last 24. These figures have allowed Barça to go from a relatively comfortable lead in the League to a third place which, with 39 points, shared with Athletic Club. Leaving Real Madrid to climb, already at seven points, and Atlético de Madrid, at four.
For its part, the Mestalla team is eager to get out of relegation, after the injection of self-esteem that the first victory with Carlos Corberán on their bench against Real Sociedad gave them.
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Despite the needs, Flick is considering making several changes to the starting eleven. “We need a fresh team,” he said yesterday. Given the minutes of Marc Casadó (2,007) and Gavi (678 minutes since he returned on October 20), the coach considers that De Jong and Fermín be starters in the center of the field alongside Pedri, indisputable in this Barça as it is. as Flick explained. “Playing is going well for him. We take care of him by cutting minutes at the end of the games,” said Flick from Tenerife. The Barcelona brain has participated in the 31 games that the team has played this season.
Pedri in Getafe
Ronald Araújo, who has started the last two games since Iñigo Martínez was injured in the Spanish Super Cup final, could also rest. “I spoke with Ronald. The most important thing is that you give 100%. We work with him and he will be a better player. He has to improve and he will. Sure,” Flick outlined about the Uruguayan, referring to the fact that he still has to recover his physical tone after five months of injury. In his place, Flick has Eric Garcia in mind, author of the 4-4 against Benfica in Lisbon. Finally, everything indicates that the Valencian Ferran Torres will occupy Robert Lewandowski’s position against his former team along with the untouchables Lamine Yamal and Raphinha.
Continue the debate in the goal
In goal, Flick is expected to bring back Iñaki Peña, although the German continues to maintain the suspense between the youth goalkeeper and the Polish Szczesny, who made two major mistakes in Lisbon but also saved the team with two saves against Di María. Flick knows that beating Valencia at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, where the Catalan team has had three consecutive defeats in LaLiga – against UD Las Palmas (1-2), Leganés (0-1) and Atlético de Madrid (1- 2)-, it is almost an obligation for the locals if they want to continue aspiring to the title of regularity. “I have told them that it is necessary to concentrate from the first minute,” he said.
Various actions by DANA
Beyond the match that is played on the green, FC Barcelona and its Foundation have organized a series of actions to show their commitment to the populations most affected by DANA in the Valencian Community (Paiporta, Catarroja and Benetusser), who are still far from recovering normality more than two months after the tragedy. One of the central actions will be the collection of the shirts used by the Barcelona players during the match with Valencia, all of them signed, which will be part of a second online solidarity auction just as was done with the kit used in the derby. against RCD Espanyol and which raised nearly 90,000 euros.
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