The Barça thinks about the Champions before a Huesca that plays the life

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Barcelona visits this Saturday from 16:15 El Alcoraz with the aim of taking a step further in a league sentenced in favor of Ernesto Valverde after last Saturday's victory against Atlético de Madrid at the Camp Nou. The goals of Luis Suárez and Messi made the Catalan team extend their advantage to eleven points with 21 at stake.

With this scenario, and after winning at Old Trafford for the first time in history, Ernesto Valverde will make many rotations thinking about the second leg match against Manchester United. The ghost of the quarterfinals is still present after not going to the semifinals in the last three years so, with a league finished and with a rival like Huesca, the present bottom, the minutes for the less usual players seem like vital.

Messi, the most fit man of the Barca team, suffered a heavy blow to the face in the Champions League game that caused a nosebleed and a bruise on his face that forced him to leave the field for a few minutes.

The Argentine player will not travel with the rest of the team, but he will not be the only one. Luis Suárez and Piqué are suspended by sanction, Sergi Roberto and Rakitic by injury and Busquets will rotate this day.

It will be the turn for men like Malcom and Boateng, waiting for Dembélé to have his first minutes after the injury. Umtiti will return to ownership in the axis of the back and Arturo Vidal and Aleñá could enter the middle to reinforce the core.

The azulgranas draw 11 and 13 points to Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid, respectively, with seven games to go, something that will make them focus their efforts to put the spotlight on their next challenge: to win the Champions League again.

The Huesca wants to continue dreaming of permanence

The Aragonese team faces the 'impossible mission' of trying to overcome the leader of the First Division in a match where the local team needs to add to continue believing in their chances of continuing one more year among the best.

At another time of the season, winning the Valverde team might seem quite complicated, but the losses and rotations of the team culé, and have been about to scare Real Madrid a few days ago - all this added to the good game played by Huesca-, makes the local team hope to be able to add the three points, which are vital to continue having options not to descend.

The bottom side is not worth another result that is not to add a victory and therefore is expected to seek victory trying to take advantage of the opportunities available against the whole of Barcelona.

The Huesca team clings to the mathematics to keep fighting to continue in the First Division, and although the logic suggests that to overcome the team of Ernesto Valverde is tremendously complicated, play headlines or substitutes, the situation of the Aragonese in the qualifying table makes they are obliged not to miss any opportunity, be it against the equipment that is and the potential that it has.

"Francisco" Rodríguez, coach of Huesca, will have almost all players available as he recovers right-back Jorge Miramón from an injury and central defender Xabi Etxeita from a penalty. The only casualty to play this Saturday is that of the side Carlos Akapo who continues with his knee problems.

Huesca - Barcelona

Huesca: Santamaría; Miramón, Pulido, Etxeita, Galán; Moi Gómez, Rivera, Musto, Juanpi or Ferreiro; "Chimy" Avila, Enric Gallego.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Nélson Semedo, Lenglet, Umtiti, Jordi Alba; Arthur, Arturo Vidal, Aleñá; Malcom, Boateng, Coutinho.

Time: 16:15 The Alcoraz. beIN LaLiga / EL ESPAÑOL

Referee: Cuadra Fernández (Balearic Committee).

Incidents: match corresponding to day 32 of La Liga, which will be played at the El Alcoraz Stadium (Huesca, Spain).