Barcelona will certainly be missing out on Gavi, Pedri and also Ronald Araujo for Saturday’s La Liga competition with Real Sociedad at Camp Nou.
Barcelona will certainly lack the solutions of Gavi, Pedri and also Ronald Araujo for their La Liga encounter Real Sociedad on Saturday evening.
The Catalan clothing were verified as La Liga champs for the 2022-23 project when they taped a 4-2 triumph over Espanyol last weekend break.
Gavi grabbed his 10th yellow card of the period in the Barcelona derby, so the midfielder will certainly not be offered for option versus top-four hopefuls Real Sociedad via suspension.
Xavi had actually or else been anticipated to have a complete team offered, yet Pedri and also Araujo are both out of the suit with small muscle troubles.
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Neither concern is stated to be major, yet with the title protected, Xavi is not prepared to run the risk of the physical fitness of his players, so the duo will certainly not include versus the Basque clothing.
There is a placement in the team for 19-year-old Ander Astralaga, that will certainly be bidding to make his first-ever look for the club, while Pablo Torre has actually additionally been consisted of.
Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba, Franck Kessie and also Eric Garcia will certainly additionally be amongst those intending to make beginnings in the last phases of the project.
Xavi, talking throughout his interview on Friday, stated that Barcelona wish to complete their organization period “with a good feeling” in spite of currently protecting the champion with 4 games to save.
“We are happy and proud. Tomorrow’s match is to be enjoyed by the fans. The fans needed to celebrate things. We want to finish the league with a good feeling, we still have objectives such as the top scorer, the team with the fewest goals conceded and clean sheets,” stated the head instructor.
” I was extremely pleased to win the Super Cup, yet winning La Liga provides us a great deal of security. It has actually been an enchanting week. The club has actually made an amazing initiative to reach where we are.
” I would certainly offer it a ‘B’ (the period). We have not contended in Europe and also we really did not succeed in the 2nd leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final.
“We want to play a better role in the Champions League, it is our main objective. We haven’t lived up to the level that this club demands in Europe, we are aware of that.”
Barcelona will certainly take a trip to Real Valladolid in their following suit on May 23 prior to completing their project with games versus Mallorca (H) and also Celta Vigo (A).
Barcelona team vs. Real Sociedad:
Ter Stegen, Astralaga, Pena; Christensen, Alonso, Alba, Roberto, Kounde, E Garcia, Balde; Busquets, Kessie, F de Jong, Torre; Dembele, Lewandowski, Fati, F Torres, Raphinha
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