Leo Messi, to rescue Barça against a bottom Huesca

The Sports Society Huesca receive this Sunday at Barcelona, where does it come back Leo Messi, in a match marked by the urgencies of both teams, for the Aragonese in the lower area where they are colistas and for the Catalans, at the top, so as not to definitely miss the league train.

For the team from Huesca, which has only won one game this season, the victory against a rival that in normal circumstances would be little less than invincible but that in the current circumstances leaves a loophole to dream of that much-needed victory, not only because of the points at stake but for what it would represent morally.

Precisely the fact that the team of Ronald Koeman is starring in a season well below what was expected, which corroborates that he is ten points behind the leader, Atlético de Madrid, having played one more game, and the fact that he has left points along the way with teams struggling to get away from relegation such as Getafe, Alavés, Valencia o Eibar suggests that utopia can become reality.

But to achieve this, the Alto Aragonese team will have to improve the performance that it has been showing so far and, above all, avoid errors in the midfield area and in defense that game after game are costing them points and more points.

The team that Miguel Angel Sánchez trains "Míchel" could change his usual tactical drawing and go on to play with five defenders, keeping in mind that maintaining the fight for possession of the ball against him Barcelona it seems almost impossible.

Míchel counts for this confrontation with the casualties due to injury of striker Sandro Ramírez and full-back Pablo Maffeo, in addition to Borja García, after testing positive this Saturday for coronavirus.

Jaime Seoane, who had a good performance in Balaídos against Celta, may have another opportunity from the start of the match in the medullary although finally the Huesca playing with five behind could be the one sacrificed for entry into the rear of Pablo Insua.

Barcelona visit Huesca, bottom of the competition, with the Argentine Lionel Messi as the main novelty, who will come to the rescue of a team in need of points after closing with a draw against Eibar (1-1) a 2020 to forget.

New Year New Life. Koeman's Barça is entrusted to the topic to start 2021 with optimism, although the facts, after the first fifteen league games, give reasons to affirm the opposite.

The azulgrana team has added seven wins, four draws and four losses, figures that place it as sixth place in the domestic competition, ten points behind the leader, the Atlético de Madrid. A situation that has led Koeman to admit that The league Santander "is very complicated."

The Dutch coach still does not find the tactical key. The 4-2-3-1 is no longer indisputable and, in recent days, it has alternated it with the classic 4-3-3 and a system of three centrals with two long backs.

For this reason, the tactical disposition with a view to this Sunday is unknown. The only certainty will be the presence of Leo Messi, who will visit El Alcoraz for the first time. After resting due to ankle discomfort against Eibar, the Barça captain will return to the squad to boost a team lacking leaders.

Without him on the team Barça did not find in Antoine Griezmann an offensive reference and only Ousmane Dembélé, from the bench, vindicated himself against Eibar.

In addition, the injury to Philippe Coutinho, who will be out for three months after being operated on for an injury to the meniscus in his left knee, forces Koeman to resort to the 'ten', who can now freely negotiate with other clubs six months into your contract ends.

At absences of Coutinho, Piqué, Ansu Fati and Sergi Roberto adds that of Samuel Umtiti, who missed the last workout due to gastric problems.

Thus, the azulgrana team will visit El Alcoraz with only three centers: Lenglet, Mingueza and Araújo. In addition, the French center-back accumulates four yellow cards, so if he were reprimanded tomorrow he would lose the next game against him. Athletic Bilbao.

Probable lineups:

Huesca: Alvaro Fernández; Pedro López, Pulido, Siovas, Javi Galán; Mikel Rico, Mosquera, Insua or Seoane; Ferreiro, Okazaki or Rafa Mir, Ontiveros.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dest, Mingueza, Araújo, Alba; Busquets, De Jong; Dembélé, Messi, Pedri; Braithwaite.

Referee: Cuadra Fernández (Committee of the Balearic Islands).

Stadium: The Alcoraz.