Xavi Hernandez He is facing the fourth Clásico of 2023 and fifth of the season. The one this Wednesday (9:00 p.m.) at the Camp Nou brings a Copa del Rey final as a jackpot, for which Osasuna has already qualified. Barcelona and Real Madrid tonight they are looking to occupy the other place in the second leg of the semifinal of the KO tournament, which will begin with a goal ahead for the Barça team after the 0-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabéu. The coach from Barcelona has thought about the line-up that he can present against Real Madrid throughout the week, taking into account that he has many important casualties and is also attentive to the states of form.
Although it is not confirmed, the sensations indicate that he can go back to betting on the formula that has given him success in the three Clásicos that have been played in 2023, all of them resolved with a victory for Barça: the Spanish Super Cup (3-1), the first leg of the Cup (0-1) and the recent Clásico de Liga at the Camp Nou (2-1).
On these three occasions, Xavi opted to line up four midfielders together, even though one of them leans to get closer to that 4-3-3 that the coach he proposes always defends mentally. This time, even with the transcendental drops of Andreas Christensen, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri and Ousmane Dembéléthe clues point to an alignment with another media player and in that role of fourth man who travels down the left lane with an interior soul, the all-rounder Gavi would be back.
so they can play Ter Stegen, Araujo, Koundé, Mark Alonso, Bucket, on defense; with Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Kessie in the midfield, Gavi in that fourth man function, and Raphinha and Lewandowski as native forwards. The initial break in the last league game in Elche de Busquets, Kessie and Raphinha, who was suspended in last Saturday’s match, are safe-conduct holders in the Clásico. As in the last Barça-Madrid, Araujo has all the ballots to go to Vinicius’ lane.
As MD has already been reporting, the recent goalscoring inspiration of all forwards, even with the goals in Elche by Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres, have motivated this internal debate in the technical staff about the possibility of lining up a third striker in the eleven, although it is also another solution depending on how the game develops.
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