Opposition unbalanced this evening between the Red Lantern Valladolid and the Barcelona leader, who may already have the head at his semi-final return from the Champions League to the Inter Wednesday.
Álvaro Rubio, the coach of the Castilian club, already relegated, chose a 4-1-4-1 to stand up to the Barcelona ogre, with four changes in the eleven heavily beaten at Real Betis (1-5): Candela, Cenk, Ivan Sanchez and Sylla relay respectively Luis Perez, Javier Sanchez, Chuki and Latasa.
The event in the Catalan eleven is, as announced by Hansi Flick at a press conference, the return to the purpose of Marc-André Ter Stegen, 223 days after his breakup of the patellar tendon in Villarreal. With the calendar in charge of Barça (Inter then Real Madrid) and the multiple players still injured (Balde, Koundé and Lewandowski in particular), the German aligns a 4-2-3-1 this evening which has 8 changes compared to Wednesday evening. Dani Rodriguez (19) will notably celebrate his first in the Blaugrana jersey. First tenure of the season also for the returning Christensen.
Official compositions:
Real Valladolid (4-1-4-1) : André F. – Candela, Cömemert, Cenk, Aznou – Juric – Anuar, I. Sanchez, Amallah, Moro – M. Sylla.
FC Barcelona (4-2-3-1) : Ter Stegen (cap.) – H. Fort, Araujo, Christensen, G. Martin – Pedri, Gavi – Dani R., Fermin, Fati – P. Victor.
