Christmas break is just around the corner, just two days for the teams to go on vacation and all They are in a hurry for options to spend a relaxing holiday. This is the case for Barcelona and Leganes. The Blaugrana have two days to strengthen their lead, which has been threatened by subdued performances and poor results in recent days. Flick’s men have lost ten points in five games and if they want to finish as leaders, they cannot fail in these two games against Leganes and Atlético.
“Barcelona” needs an urgent response in La Liga. A 1-5 record in Mallorca seemed to have outdone it bad games against Real Sociedad, Celta and Las Palmas. But no, against “Betis” they made the same mistakes again and two very important points remained.
Flick’s team is coming off an important win in Europe, where they worked conscientiously beat “Borussia” Dortmund. in his trust. It was a well-deserved win as they needed to go ahead three times to take the points in a field that had not featured in European competition in the last three years.
Now they want to repeat in La Liga and in their field. Montjuic was impregnable territory until the arrival of Las Palmas and won the three points surprisingly. “Barcelona” is looking to regain its strength in its stadium, which is key to the pursuit of the championship. The possibility, a priori, is good. “Leganes” is the only one in the League along with “Getafe”, “Espanyol” and “Valencia” who have yet to win away from home.
Flick will have to rotate in tonight’s game, some of their players are getting a lot of minutes and need rest. One of them could be Rafinha, who already had to be replaced due to physical problems at Dortmund due to fatigue. In a similar situation is Casado, who despite his youth has become a key player for Flick but has hardly had a break this season.
There is also a case in defense Inigo Martinez, who has played practically everything. Here is Ronald Araujo’s figure, who will play his first minutes of the season against Leganes. That is the coach’s intention, as he announced in the press conference, although he did not specify whether it would be the start or the second half.
And another good news The return of Ansu Fati. Yesterday, he finished training with the rest of his teammates. He still doesn’t have a prescription, but everything says that he will get it in the morning and can call. Obviously he won’t be the owner, but If the game allows, he may have minutes. The one who will not be there is Flick, who is suspended for two games for the red card from Sevilla.
The Madrid team strives scored a goal for the first time in the history of Barcelona fida, although it was close to the 16/17 and 18/19 seasons where it fell to Messi’s best. Butarque is aware of the difficulty of the leader’s visit, but the need to return to good results in order to avoid the relegation position against Barcelona Rozier’s important loss because of the sanction after seeing the fifth yellow. Additionally, Francesa will be the other confirmed long-term absentee. Doubts are Brasanac and Nastasic who did not complete all training during the week. Yes, Dani Raba and Haler will be in the team, who have already recovered from their discomfort. And the return of Juan Cruz after not playing the game against Real Sociedad. There will be many blue and white fans in the stands of Montjuic.