Running away is for cowards. Imanol Bailiff He knew full well, that he was making “zero excuses” for the ten casualties the team had, including those Merino and Silvato face directly and “without fear of anything” the first of two great matches in the most difficult week of the course: attacking the Camp Nou after 31 years, to get through to the semifinals.
Oriotarra will, surely, plan a new, or nuanced, plan to get the tenth consecutive victory of a record team. It will not be easy for the rival entity, Barcelona of Xavi, and the moment of form that lives. The culé team arrived as champions of the Super Cup and leaders of the League, having recovered Ansu Fati and without any disadvantages, almost like Real.
It won’t be easy either because of the short margin of that maneuver imanol to organize and surprise his rival, with the list of 21 players he summoned. Just five pure defenders, and just two first-team insiders: Illarra and Brais. Returns the incredible trick of zubimendi for the core, just in time to overtake illarramendi in Merino’s position. Donostiarra, mutrikuarra and Galician seem to have settled into an eleven with crumbs from three quarters.
Doubts above
The presence of the tandem formed by Kubo and Sorloth seems clear, but it remains to be seen how, because the Japanese can act as Silvaas a double tip, adapting to the band in another method, or even starting from the bench, an option that, despite the improbability, should not be ignored because it comes from the presence of problems.
All this without eliminating a 4-3-3 or a 5-3-2 that can be placed zubimendi centre-back, as he trained against Rayo in December, and options on Barrenetxea, Navarro, Olasagasti, Urko or Marín, among others. The contribution of the young realistic bench seems to be the key to fighting the rhythm of a big game, and who knows if the excessive persistence of an extra time, and also to adjust on the fly and prevent the tactical movements of Xavias he did last Saturday Iraola.
Camp Nou, hostile place
At this point, the former negative Realist streak on the Barcelona ground is well known, but there is more encouraging data. Barça has lost, playing at home, in the Copa del Rey on 31 occasions throughout its history, of which two were in single-match qualifiers. Arenas de Getxo in 1927 (3-4) and Atlético (0-1) in the 1996 final.
Beyond a small sample of pure KO matches, the 21st century leaves examples of away wins at the Camp Nou in cup tournaments. Zaragoza in the quarterfinals, on two occasions (2004 and 2007), Sevilla in 2010 and Real Madrid in 2013, the closest.
To reiterate what those teams have achieved, rolling experience can be a plus. Brace Mendez He is the only player in the squad who realistically knows what it is to win at the Camp Nou. He achieved this in 2020-2021 with Celta, where he won 1-2.
His season has been impressive, but in recent games he has looked small, wary of the ball and less intense without it. This is the right day to recover his best version and direct the attacks of txuri urdin and, why not, build the team’s goal, because he has already done 17 times this season, the most for the San Sebastian team . Everyone will help to achieve a victory that seems impossible due to the casualties and difficulties it requires, but is more possible than ever because of the soul of this team.
Source: La Verdad
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