Digested the unexpected KO of the Europa League last Thursday before the Eintracht de Frankfurt in a Camp We packed with German fans, the players of the Barça they seek to change the chip tonight with the visit of Cadiz (21 hours / Movistar LaLiga) to recover its best face in LaLiga in a week with three games. On Thursday it will be time to visit the Real society and on Sunday the Lightning a Barcelona. After that, there will be only five games left.
Although they are aware that they were at the expense of the Madrid will click on Sevilla so that you could dream of something LaLigasomething that did not occur (2-3), Xavi and its players have conspired to win the eight remaining games to certify their participation in the tournament as soon as possible. Champions of the next season and hurry up any loophole that could open in LaLiga. If it depends on their triumphs, the players have pledged that they will give it their all to fight to the end. Xavi This is what he demands, both from his footballers and from himself.
After running out of Super Cupthe Copa del Reyfall into the Champions and be dropped from the rooms in the Europa League in a round marked by the invasion of German fans in the stands -something that completely disoriented the players-, the azulgrana would not forgive themselves -neither their fans- if Madrid took its toll on the semifinal of the Champions before him Manchester City and the Barcelona did not fulfill his part of the bargain to be champion. But the reality is that the title is very complicated.
The preview of Barça-Cádiz
The first of the eight finals of the Barça in this championship it will be tonight against Cadiz with three very significant casualties. In addition to Gerard Piquéwho could no longer play due to injury against unity, Xavi can’t count on either Pedriwhich was broken on Thursday and could be KO for the rest of the season, nor Ronald Araujosanctioned after seeing the fifth yellow card last Sunday at the Levante stadium (2-3).
Sin Pique in Araujo, Xavi He will have to improvise the axis of the defense with the only two natural central defenders that he has available: Eric Garcia y lengletof which the coach stated that he fully trusts, despite the fact that to date he has barely participated in seven games of Liga. Waiting to see how the team responds to Thursday’s bump, when they felt like a visitor in their own home, we will also have to be aware of the response of the stands after what happened against unity.
Cádiz already broke another 7 of 7
The Barça has not stumbled in the league since 2-2 in Cornellà-El Prat and has seven wins in a row since then. The previous streak of 21 points out of 21 was in January and February 2021 with Ronald Koeman as a coach until the Cadiz tied in the Camp Nou (1-1). The people of Cadiz, third from the bottom, have not fallen to the Barça since his return to First: 2-1 as locals and the aforementioned 1-1 as visitors in the last League; and 0-0 in the first round of 2021-22.
Álvaro Negredo celebrates his goal at Atlético-Cádiz
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