He Barca have a tricky dilemma this week. With Dembélé long-term injured, Braithwaite unable to play the Champions League and Griezmann injured no return date, you must decide whether Ansu Fati, the new jewel of the club, travels to Malaga to play playoff of promotion to Second with Barça B de García Pimienta or, on the contrary, stay with the first team to participate in the last two days of League against Osasuna and Alavés and, above all, it safely prepares the second round match Champions League final against Naples.
The Barça subsidiary who directs Garcia Pepper begins its journey next Sunday 19 at the Ciudad de Málaga stadium against Valladolid B. If you win you should still win two more matches to be in Second division. Ansu It would be key piece to get a promotion that in any club is always considered strategic.
Put at risk, However, the Ansu's presence in the match against the Naples and in one hypothetical final phase Lisbon, it would be, for some, a temerity, especially if it is noted that, while in Malaga, three potential high-level matches await Barça B, in league I could play against Osasuna at the Camp Nou And be reserved before him Alaves if Muñiz's men are still not saved and Barça have no League options.
The equilibrium relationship between first team and subsidiary has already had a first serious shock of interest this weekend. Setién only called 18 players for Valladolid. Surprisingly, for players like Monchu, Morer, Cuenca or Collado they played a friendly of preparation before the Europe while andl first team miss de less effective in the last minutes of the match against Valladolid. He Ansu case is tricky and it will be necessary to see how the club treats it.