[Sport] Barcelona vs. Athletic Club LIVE: face off for matchday 31 of the Santander League

[Dr.Drako]

Barcelona and Athletic Club LIVE and LIVE meet at the Camp Nou for matchday 31 of the Santander League. Those led by Quique Setién know that they cannot stumble again in the tournament if they want to continue fighting at the top and that Real Madrid does not take advantage of them. Follow minute by minute.

 

After the draw in Seville, Barcelona no longer has room for maneuver or depends on itself to conquer LaLiga, so before those of Bilbao, who want to maintain their European hopes, they are obliged to win.

Despite the doubts in his game, from Barcelona he looks with much suspicion at the latest arbitrations of Real Madrid matches, presided over by controversy, the last one in San Sebastián.

Setién says that this type of error is "inherent" in the world of soccer, but Gerard Piqué points in another direction: "It will be difficult to win this League. By not depending on us ... we will do our best but few points will be lost. Seeing the days that have happened, it will be difficult for Real Madrid to lose points ”.

In any case, Barça need to maintain their streak of results at the Camp Nou. Better the numbers than football, as demonstrated in the last game against Leganés, ended with a 2-0 but with poor feelings.

In addition, Quique Setién has two important losses. The one of Frenkie de Jong, with a soleus injury, is worrying, because the Dutchman is one of the different players and that could bring freshness to the Barça team.

The other is that of Sergi Roberto, who, like de Jong, also did not play in Seville because of a rib fissure that prevents him from being available at the moment.

 

For the game against Athletic, which has not won at the Camp Nou since November 2001, Setién has doubts in each of the three lines of his team.

 

In the defensive axis, Piqué has played everything and Umtiti re-enters a call after a suspension, in the midfield, without de Jong, Rakitic, Arturo Vidal and Arthur two of the three positions are played; and ahead the usual dilemma about who accompanies Messi.

Luis Suárez does not seem to be one hundred percent after so many months off; Braithwaite fulfilled in Mallorca, but went unnoticed in Seville; Griezmann is not in a good moment and Ansu Fati, when he has played, has been at a great level, but he does not have continuity.

At the Camp Nou, Athletic Club hopes to maintain the European enthusiasm with which it has returned to competition after the break due to the pandemic and which fed on the last day winning Betis in San Mamés a game that could have left them stranded in the area of nobody on the leaderboard.

 

With that victory, the Bilbao team chained five points in three games without losing since the return of LaLiga and 11 in the last five days in which only Real Madrid surpasses them.

Barcelona vs. Athletic Club: possible alignments
FC Barcelona: ter Stegen; Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Arturo Vidal; Messi, Suárez and Griezmann.

Edited June 24, 2020 by Dr.Drako
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