Barcelona arrives at the match against Inter with two faces. The face of happiness for being the new leader of LaLiga 833 days later and the face of sadness after having lost four important players in the national team break. Luckily in the first game without them against Mallorca they managed to get the three points. Here we leave you the five concerns of Xavi to face Inter:
Xavi opted in the last match for Christensen and Piqué. Eric’s absence was not understood. He was ruled out in the last game of the Spanish team against Portugal and arrived at the duel rested. Christensen for his part played 90 minutes of his two games with the national team. Gerard, who was working during the break, was the starter. Will Eric and Andreas play against Inter?
The coach does not trust Sergi Roberto. From the club they begin to see the youth squad as a residual player. He has lost a lot of physicality and can no longer occupy the position of right back with guarantees. Surely it is Balde who returns to play with a changed leg.
Xavi gave him minutes against Mallorca, but he didn’t finish taking advantage of them. He had phases of the game where he left details of the super crack that he is, but it didn’t come off a good game. The Tarrasa coach has two options: leave out Dembélé or Raphinha (which seems very difficult) or cut him off and give him minutes in the last stretch of the game.
He was not a starter against Mallorca thinking about this game. Xavi needs the best version of him to break Inter’s bloc. Inzaghi always bets on a rocky team in the midfield, with a defense of three central defenders and two lanes that come together a lot in the middle when it comes to defending.
Both Dzeko and Lautaro are two very strong players in close combat. Barcelona knows them perfectly, especially the Bosnian, as he was one of the architects of the debacle in Rome. A center back like Eric can suffer a lot in a match of this caliber.
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