The Barça test this evening, before the Twelfth Night, his reaction. He Linares, from 1a RFEF, will face the duel of Cup against the almighty team of Xavi Hernandez, who has been unbeaten for four days (two wins and two draws) and has moved up to fifth place in La Liga Santander, eager to dream of a feat that can only be told once in a lifetime. The set of First RFEF, after removing on December 14 theAlabès (2-1), wants to prolong the party and has asked the Kings for a gift in advance, which would mean giving the bell to the team that has won the Cup tournament more times. With the support of his fans, Linares Deportivo wants to be faithful to his style of organized team, with very close lines, focused and fast transitions, and from there try to compete and surprise a great like Barcelona , who will take the initiative with his possession of the ball. Xavi Hernández’s team starts their title defense in one of the best moments of the season after adding seven of the last nine possible points in the league and recovering some casualties.
Regarding Sunday’s match, Xavi Hernández has the news of Jordi Alba i Dani Alves, which have overcome coronavirus as well Sergio Busquets, which was sanctioned. Besides, Yusuf Demir could return to a call after returning to group dynamics. However, the Catalan coach will not announce the list of players called up for the only match of the last 16 of the Cup until this morning due to doubts about the coronavirus positives. Pending the announcement of the call, the list of coronavirus casualties is made up of Sergiño Dest, Ousmane Dembele, Gavi, Abde, Philippe Coutinho, Alexander balde, Ferran Torres i Pedri. Memphis i Ansu Fati will be low and are expected for the match against him Granada; while Sergi Roberto i Martin Braithwaite they continue to recover from their long-term injuries. Thus, the Barça coach will be forced to have unusual players again, such as Riqui Puig i Luke de Jong and with footballers of the branch like Ferran Jutglà, Ilias Akhomach i Alvaro Sanz.
Who will not be in Linares will be the president of Barça, Joan Laporta, which tested positive for covid-19 yesterday after being in direct contact in the last hours with people who were infected. The club said Laporta was “well and without any symptoms”. Barça will not be represented by the first vice-president either. Rafael Yuste, which gave negative in the PCR but “as a precaution he will not travel.” In addition to the Barcelona match, the Valencia begins the day of the Cup with his visit to the field of Cartagena at 4 p.m. And the Madrid will play the last game of the eight to be played, visiting the field of theAlcoy (9:30 p.m.); team that already eliminated them last season.
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