FC Barcelona greatly disappointed its fans on Saturday evening. After a series of seven league victories, they lost away to Osasuna in disastrous style 2:4 (0:2). – There was a huge controversy in the first half of the Osasuna – FC Barcelona match. The referee did not whistle a foul on the Barcelona player, and the opponents scored a goal in this action. Hansi Flick's team was hurt, but she still disgraced herself throughout the match and failed on the whole line – wrote Sport.pl in the match report.
Here is the FC Barcelona lineup for the Champions League match. What about Robert Lewandowski?
After this defeat, coach Hansi Flick took the blame. – I take responsibility for how I take care of them. If you want to blame someone for this failure, blame me – said the German trainer.
Now FC Barcelona will have the opportunity to rehabilitate quite quickly. On Tuesday, they will face BSC Young Boys in the second round of the Champions League in front of their home crowd. The leader of La Liga cannot afford to lose points, because in the first round of the Champions League he lost away to AS Monaco 1-2.
According to information from journalist Javi Miguel, Flick will make a lot of changes to the squad. Compared to the clash with Osasuna, there will be five changes in the starting eleven. The defenders: Sergi Dominguez and Gerard Martin, the defensive midfielder (although a nominal central defender) – Eric Garcia, and the forwards: Ferran Torres and Pau Victor will not play.
In their place, the starting line-up will include: Inigo Martinez, Alejandro Balde, Marc Casado, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. Therefore, FC Barcelona will play with an almost identical lineup as in their penultimate match – a 1-0 home win against Getafe. With one difference – Garcia will be replaced by Pedri in midfield. This means that in Tuesday's match we can expect the most effective player in La Liga (7 goals) – Robert Lewandowski – from the first minutes. Dutch central midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who returns after a break of over five months, will also finally be on the bench.
– This is very good news. Frenkie's return is very important to us. If there is a chance, he can play on Tuesday. I don't know if 45, 20, or maybe just 10 minutes. We'll see, Flick said at the pre-match press conference.
Probable lineup of FC Barcelona for the Champions League match against BSC Young Boys: Pena – Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde – Pedri, Casado, Torre – Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
The match between FC Barcelona and BSC Young Boys starts at 21. Live coverage on Sport.pl and the Sport.pl LIVE application.