Soccer-pandemic photo – AS.com

EI Barça-Dinamo of tonight in the Camp Nou It is an exact photograph of the football-pandemic of our days (follow the meeting live on As.com). A game behind closed doors and a team greatly diminished by the shenanigans of COVID-19 that it has been forced to leave in Ukraine nine players (another four are withdrawn due to injury or penalty). The scenario, however, should not confuse Barça, who a couple of weeks ago saw on television how Shakthar surprised Madrid in Valdebebas with only eleven top-level players. For the moment, and for the match to take place, the Dinamo players, who yesterday went on an hour and a half bus tour of Barcelona to a surprising extent for a team on alert, they surpassed the last PCR to which they were subjected by order of the Department of Health of the Generalitat.

Koeman He acknowledged that he does not control a good handful of the players who arrived in Barcelona yesterday (six belong to list B). The Dutch is to something else. Breathe in the environment that the regular culé is satisfied with his commitment to young people. So ask for prudence for the children and patience for a team that has chosen this path. The new manager in charge, Tusquets, also pitch in and request a “vote of confidence.” But Koeman knows that there are also sharks and that it is not a dish of good taste of certain candidates. In those turbulent waters you will have to move all season.

Stuck in a big mess in LaLiga, the Champions League group stage is an oasis for Barça. In fact, it has been for the past 15 years. His problem has come with his poor handling of the playoffs. If he beats Dinamo, he will be virtually in the round of 16, but on Saturday Betis awaits and Koeman considers some rotations that they could even catch up with Messi, although that is bigger words … It could be a children's day: Dest, Pedri, Ansu, Trincão … That is, if COVID-19 lets a classic, Michael Oliver, give the initial whistle.