On Ronald Koeman's road map, the calendar marked in red is the Saturday April 10. That day, Barcelona visits Valdebebas to play against Real Madrid and a good part of his options to win LaLiga is played. Facing that game, the Dutch coach is confident in recovering Gerard Piqué. In fact, the Catalan center-back has already been exercising with the group since last Wednesday, although he still has a whole week ahead of him to increase the pace of loads and intensify his work in training. And it is that as the player himself recognized this week, His great goal is to reach the Classic in full condition.
There is no doubt that Piqué's return will be one of the big news next week. Sergi Roberto is also expected, although in his case he could even be discharged before the central office. It is planned that next Monday enter the call for the game against Valladolid and even play a few minutes. With Piqué it is still not clear if he will enter the list on Monday or wait for the game against Real Madrid.
In any case, the only sure thing is that if there is no setback, I hammered will be in the eleven that jumps to the field Di Stefano next Saturday, April 10. His entry into the team implies a forced discard among those who are now starters. Basically the doubts are divided equally between Óscar Mingueza and Antoine Griezmann.
It all depends on whether Koeman decides to keep the three-panel system -with the results in hand, a short-term modification seems unlikely-, and the position he will occupy Frenkie de Jong in the countryside. If the versatile player stays behind, the chances of Mingueza falling from the eleven multiply, since the central line would be formed Piqué, De Jong and Lenglet. On the other hand, if the line of three centrals is finally maintained, but Koeman decides to advance De Jong to the midfield to accompany Sergio Busquets and Pedri, then the indicated one has all the numbers to be Antoine Griezmann, as Leo Messi is untouchable in attack and Ousmane Dembélé is in excellent shape.
Koeman will be the one who has the last word on the eleven that will jump in Valdebebas, also taking into account that before there is the match against Valladolid at the Camp Nou, where another difficult decision awaits him: line up De Jong and Messi with one stroke, the two players most used this season by the coach, under the risk of missing the game against Real Madrid if they see a yellow card, align only one of the two, assuming that the Argentine has more experience and less defensive involvement than the Dutch, or leave the eleven out of the two to ensure the presence of both in the Classic.