These are the five concerns that haunt the Catalan coach’s head ahead of the Europa League round of 16 match tomorrow, Thursday:
Overconfidence
A priori, Barcelona has had one of the weakest rivals that could come out of that draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League. The Turkish team is currently 12th in its league. A problem for the culé team would be being overconfident and not playing the game at 100%.
Iñaki Peña in enemy territory
Iñaki Peña, who until a month and a half ago was Barça’s third goalkeeper, now plays for Galatasaray. The Catalan goalkeeper has trained under Xavi’s orders and could be a perfect scapegoat to give the pertinent instructions to his new coach.
You have to get a wide marker that the turn is in Turkey
Everything indicates that Barcelona will be able to get a moderately good result in their stadium, since playing at home is not usually a problem for the culé team. The key is the second leg. We already know how Barcelona usually play away from home in European competition, and even more so in a country like Turkey where the stadiums are packed to the max.
lack of success
Since the arrival of the Catalan coach on the benches, his aim has been monopolizing the front pages of the newspapers for various reasons. In some matches, Barça has an incredible ability to score and wins by a large result, while in other matches the tie reigns on the scoreboard due to the impossibility of Barça scoring the clear chances it has. We’ll see which of those two versions shows up tomorrow.
Ter Stegen
The German goalkeeper is very fond of Barcelona for everything he has given over the last five years. Years ago he won games with his saves, but today it costs him a world to keep a clean sheet for a single day. The key seems to be self-confidence. It remains to be seen if he improves between now and the end of the season.
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