Barcelona displayed a solid performance in spain by topping the La Liga table against Sevilla but the match was damaged by Lionel Messi injury, Barcelona now start a three week life without their best player, and the first two games will be real tests.
There is El Clasico on Sunday, and it doesn’t matter how good or bad Real Madrid are playing. That will be a tough match, especially without Messi.
Before that Barcelona will welcome Inter Milan at Camp Nou on wednesday in the Champions League, a matchup between the two perfect leaders of Group B.
Barca and inter will face each other twice in a row, which will most likely determine the winner of the group. Inter are on fire, winning seven consecutive games in Italy and Europe and having just beaten their biggest rivals, AC Milan, with a last-minute goal on Sunday.
They will probably face Barcelona without two key players in Radja Nainggolan and Ivan Perisic, but they have Mauro Icardi , one of the best and most underrated players in world football who cannot stop scoring goals at the moment.
Ernesto Valverde cannot rely on Messi Magic in this one, and the other players must know they need to step up and show how good they are. This will be tough, but Barcelona have enough talent to not only win, but also prove it to Barca fans.
Possible Lineup:
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen,Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur; Dembele, Suarez, Coutinho.
Inter Milan (4-2-3-1) :Handanovic, Vrsaljko, De Vrij, Skriniar, Asamoah, Vecino, Brozovic; Candreva, Valero, Keita; Icardi.
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