After the moral rearmament with the victory in the Cup against Real Madrid, thanks to a Numantine defense, Barça will seek to recover sensations in the League this Sunday against Valencia at the Camp Nou after losing the previous day in Almería. Waiting for the game for the whites this day, the Barcelona fans hope to increase their advantage to ten points at the head of the lead with a starting eleven that includes the novelties of Ansu Fati, Andreas Christensen and Sergi Roberto.
The striker and midfielder came out in the second half at the Santiago Bernabeu, while the Dane did not wear shorts due to ankle discomfort. Christensen will return to the axis of the defense together with Ronald Araújo. The right-back will be Jules Koundé, who returns to this position after playing center back against the Whites, and the left-back will be Alejandro Balde, who completes the defense with the fewest goals scored in the championship with only 8 goals.
Against the Che team, the Barça coach, Xavi Hernández, leaves for a day the scheme with four midfielders that had given him such good results and returns to the traditional 4-3-3 with two wingers. Everything indicates that Raphinha will act on the left wing, where he feels most comfortable, and the left lane could be occupied by Ferran Torres or by Ansu Fati that he needs to vindicate after several games sowing doubts.
The midfielder of the Barça team will once again have Sergio Busquets as a defensive pivot, while Sergi Roberto and Frenkie de Jong will be the insiders. This is the Barça lineup: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen, Balde; Busquets, Sergi Roberto, De Jong; Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati. It should be remembered that the leader of the League has the important casualties of Pedri, Dembélé and Lewandowski due to injury and those of Gavi and coach Xavi due to suspension.
For its part, Valencia, coached by Rubén Baraja and penultimate ranked before the game, presents the following eleven: Mamardashvili; Thierry, Cenk, Cömert, Jesús Vázquez; Guillamón, Foulquier, Ilaix, Almeida; Linen and Hugo Hard. In the first round match played at Mestalla, Barça won with a single goal from Lewandowski (0-1).
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