Barcelona boss Xavi is set to rotate his starting options for their Champions League clash with Viktoria Plzen in midweek.
La Blaugrana kick off their European campaign at home to the Czech First League champions at the Camp Nou on September 7.
Xavi’s charges are unbeaten in domestic action so far in 2022/23 with 10 points picked up from four league games in the opening weeks of the season.
However, the incoming demands of a packed pre-World Cup schedule will place more demands on his star players, and the former midfielder will rest certain names for this game.
According to reports from Mundo Deportivo, Xavi has earmarked central defensive duo Eric Garcia and Ronald Araujo for a break, after the pair started in the back line in all four matches.
Midfield pair Ousmane Dembele and Gavi will also be handed a breather, after an ever present start, with four fresh faces brought into a rejigged XI.
Coach Xavi should understand that Eric Garcia dozen’t have the quality to play as first choice in Barcelona
just don’t like the way his handling the team with individuals skill helping the team to win.
nice one
Excellent ideas
Rotation is good for the team
To rotate the players is good but it is Barcelona first time to play this team, so you should study them first before rotating your players. Also the coach should advice the players how to pass football, Dembele should have pass that free chance football to Robert but instead he shot.
the man at work
Babaginda is right, it seems that Barcelona could sign Van dijk, Koulibally, De light, Diaz, Rudiger etc but Xavi will still play that incredibly substandard Garcia.
I’d personally play Pique ahead of that liability any day.
It is good to rotate but this is a game they have to win and Xavi is unproven without big game players helping him out.