Barça receives Betis this Saturday in full reconstruction of the project with Xavi. The Catalan coach is reaping the victories that the team needed to trust, but there is still a lot of work to be done. The Catalans are 13 points behind Real Madrid, so they have to keep winning if they want to aspire to compete for the title.
But to win, the team must improve, since up to now good results have been harvested, but there have continued to be deficiencies in the game that in the long run will cause Barça to lose many points. For tomorrow, Xavi will have to show that the two victories in La Liga have not been by chance, and for this he will have to use the best.
Tomorrow Xavi will not be able to count on Ansu Fati, Pedri, Sergi Roberto, Braithwaite or Agüero, so he will have to go back to throwing homegrown players. Above the doubt will be if Dembélé plays from the beginning, because the French has just been discharged and needs to pick up pace. In addition, he has not renewed, and this could penalize him when it comes to being aligned.
Therefore, I join Memphis and Gavi, it will be necessary to see if Dembélé or Abde ends up playing, the youth squad who is astonishing everyone with his overflow. Another alternative would be that of Coutinho on the left wing, but the Brazilian does not count in Xavi’s plans and he is looking for a destination.
In the center of the field, Busquets will play, who is alert, along with De Jong and probably Nico, who has settled perfectly in the eleven. In defense, we will be able to see Dest again as a starter, along with Piqué, Jordi Alba and Eric García. Piqué would also be warned, so if he sees a card he will not be able to play the next game. Therefore, this would be the most likely alignment:
Ter Stegen; Dest, Pique, Eric García, Jordi Alba; Busquets, De Jong, Nico, Gavi, Abde, Memphis.
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