On the seventh day Lewandowski rested. The Polish striker, Barcelona’s top scorer with 5 goals at the start of the League, will start Mallorca-Barcelona on the bench. Xavi has chosen to give him a rest despite his two goals against Celta in the last game.
Ferran Torres will be the one to replace him up front. The Valencian, scorer of three goals at the start of the season, will be Barça’s reference in Son Moix. To his left he will have João Félix, starting for the fourth consecutive day, and to the right Raphinha will play.
Lewandowski will not be the only fixture in the lineups that rotates. Xavi also dispenses with Koundé, who had not missed a minute to date. In fact, the coach will debut a pair of centre-backs against Mallorca. Iñigo Martínez will play his first game as a starter as a Barcelona player. He will be accompanied by Araújo, who reappeared against Celta after missing five games due to injury. Both the Basque and the Uruguayan stand out for their good aerial game and will have to control a leading specialist: Muriqi.
In midfield, Gavi, in his new role as organizer, is in charge of replacing Frenkie de Jong, who is injured in his right ankle. With this eleven, only Ter Stegen has started in all eight games, seven in the League and one in the Champions League.
Xavi’s XI to play in Mallorca is formed by Ter Stegen, Cancelo, Araújo, Inigo Martinez, Balde, Oriol Romeu, Gündogan, Gavi, Raphinha, João Felix and Ferran Torres.
