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Barcelona will take on Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid in a clash that will have major repercussions on the La Liga title race tomorrow in Montjuic.
Barça, the current leader, comes into the game after a bad streak in La Liga, which has allowed them to add only five points in their previous six games, and the last of them ended in a surprising defeat against Leganés.
Things won’t be easy for Hansi Flick & co. against a determined Atlético, even more so without their key attacker Lamine Yamal, who will be out for three weeks due to an ankle injury.
Are two important changes coming?
Without Yamal, coach Flick will be forced to make at least one change to Barcelona’s starting eleven against Atlético Madrid.
AND, Sports World Now he reports that the German tactician is preparing for two major changes to the team that started against Leganés last weekend.
According to the report, Flick is seriously considering resting Dani Olmo, who has seemed a bit out of sorts in the last two games, tomorrow against Atlético Madrid.
Instead, the coach plans to introduce Gavi into the starting eleven. Unlike the past, the The Masia Gem would act as an attacking midfielder with Pedri and Marc Casado continuing as a double pivot in the center of the park.
The other change, as mentioned above, would be to replace the injured Lamine, with Flick planning to introduce a certain Fermín López into the line-up in place of the teenage sensation.
The idea would be to move Raphinha to the right flank to fill the void left by Lamine and deploy Fermín as a false winger on the left.
It would mean Flick would overlook in-form striker Ferran Torres, who was seen as the favorite to start in Golden Boy’s absence.
In defence, the line-up is expected to remain unchanged, with Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Íñigo Martínez and Alejandro Balde starting as usual ahead of Iñaki Peña.
*Player rating on title obtained from transfermarkt.com on the date of publication.
