Sevilla and Barça fight for 3 gold points
BARCELONA, 20 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sevilla FC receives FC Barcelona this Tuesday at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium in a game postponed on the day corresponding to matchday 4 of LaLiga Santander, in which both teams fight for three gold points that they have long hoped to achieve. and celebrate.
It will be a match of needs, although with different reasons and origins, and with several casualties in both ranks. A duel between a Sevilla that wants to closely pursue the leader Real Madrid and an FC Barcelona that, if they win, will be in the ‘Champions’ zone after several days of exile.
Postponed in its day due to the conflict with CONMEBOL due to the transfer of international players in September, this match is finally here, which was presumed between two top teams at the time and that, now, only an ambitious Seville is up there who wants to take a shot leadership victory.
With six points less compared to Real Madrid, these three points in lethargy since mid-September can make Julen Lopetegui’s men stay just three points behind their coach’s former team. And that is the clear objective in Nervión; tie up the triumph and keep dreaming.
But the one who is still lost is a Barça that has its eternal rival and leader of this League at 16 points. Barça comes from beating Elche at home (3-2) in another game of ups and downs, irregular, but with good play in the first half and a victory to take courage and stay on the path of progression.
There is no doubt that winning at the Pizjuán would be the best balm for Barça. In addition, the three points that Barcelona has been counting on in order not to make the nightmare last longer would allow Xavi Hernández’s men to take fourth position, tied on points with Rayo Vallecano and 3 with Real Betis, third, and 7 with Sevilla .
And it is that there are ten points that separate Seville and Barça before this crash of emergencies. Lopetegui said that he worked on Monday with only 13 players available from the first team. Endless casualties that are also shared by the Blaugrana side.
At Sevilla, they are very aware, among others, of Lucas Ocampos, who is undergoing “more tests” to see if he will be able to play, something that En-Nesyri would do, already with the medical discharge, although the starting forward could be for Rafa Mir and Ocampos himself if available.
Xavi recovers Gerard Piqué, sanctioned against Elche, and Ilias Akhomach, a winger of the subsidiary whom he is using a lot, although not as much as an Ez Abde who is gaining the confidence of the Terrassa coach.
Without Demir, still with gastric problems, and the string of casualties, Gavi could be a ‘false 9’ to give Dembélé and Abde space from the ends. A Gavi that continues to improve and against Elche, like Nico, they were consecrated. But the Pizjuán will say if it will be Sevilla or Barça who will take those three golden points and lethargic.
DATASHEET.
–POSSIBLE ALIGNMENTS.
SEVILLA FC: Bonus; Montiel, Koundé, Diego Carlos, Rekik; Jordán, Fernando, Rakitic, Ocampos; Rafa Mir and En-Nesyri.
FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Piqué, Eric García, Jordi Alba; Nico, Busquets, F. De Jong; Dembélé, Gavi and Abde.
– REFEREE: From Cerro Grande (C. Madrileño).
–STADIUM: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.
–TIME: 21: 30 / Movistar LaLiga.