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he best Barça of the season ambitions to add, this afternoon in Elchethe third consecutive victory in LaLiga for the first time this course. This success would place him, at least momentarily, in third position in the table, a position that he has not held since the first day. But they will have a team from Elche that has grown after the arrival of Francisco to the Alicante bench and who has three of his last home games for victories.
Xavi has revolutionized the Barcelona. His hand is evident in the style exhibited by the Catalan team – high pressure, combination play, possession, attacking football, positional play…- and in the results: in LaLiga his balance in the last five games is four wins and one draw and he has scored eight goals in the most recent two. The Catalan team is going through, therefore, a great moment. In fact, from the Barça dressing room it is pointed out that he is experiencing the most pleasant situation of the entire course.
His excellent dynamics allows him to aspire to move up the table. The culés can be placed, in the case of signing a victory this afternoon in the Martinez Valerothird in the classification, position occupied by the Betiswith one more point, 46, which this day intersects with the Atletico Madrid, which is fifth with the same as the Barça: 45.
The Catalans have not yet managed to chain three wins in LaLiga this season and, furthermore, they have not been on the podium since the first day. The victory against Real society It placed them above, third, but since then they have not returned to be in the most privileged positions of the classification. The irregularity has been marking the whole trajectory of Barça in the regular national competition.
Xavi, who despite the great sporting moment calls for prudence and humility in the locker room, will make changes to the team. The coach, who is out due to injury to Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto y Umtiti, faces five games in the next two weeks, enters LaLiga and the Europa League, and will do rotations. In yesterday’s press conference, he acknowledged that they will especially affect the offensive line. The trident will undergo, therefore, changes. All the attacking men are also performing at a good level. Adama and Dembele they fight for the extreme right; Aubameyang y Memphis for the center forward position and Ferran Torres and Gavi, on the right wing. Also has Luke deJong. Martin Braithwaite is low this afternoon by technical decision.
Everything points, however, to Ousmane Dembelescorer and assistant against Athletic will be the starter, he will start this afternoon and next to him will be the former Olympique de Lyon y the Spanish international
The Elche reta al Barcelona in his goal of taking another step towards salvation in the First Division. Despite the fact that he continues with notable numbers in 2022, he is not going through his best moment of play and results. It comes from falling thrashed against the bottom team Levante (3-0) and in his previous outing, against Sevilla (2-0). With two stumbles in their last three games, their lead over relegation has shrunk to seven points at the moment.
To get over a Barça Fearsome and in top form, the team from Elche clings to its strength at the Martínez Valero, where they remain undefeated with Francisco as coach: four wins and one draw. Add three wins in a row at home, against Villarreal (1-0), Alaves (3-1) and Vallecano Ray (2-1).
The coach slipped that there could be changes in the eleven beyond the two required, due to the losses of Bigas in the defense and Gumbau in the medullary The Martinez Valero it will register a full house several years later, with a large presence of Barça fans.
