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Several players miss the call at Barça before his appointment against PSV Eindhoven in C1. What organization for Ernesto Valverde?
The shock of Liga against Atlético de Madrid left traces for Barça and Ernesto Valverde will have to play the sorcerer-apprentices to line up a balanced team Wednesday night in the Champions League against PSV Eindhoven.
The absence of Luis Suarez, in particular, will be difficult to negotiate, given the effectiveness shown by the Urugayen in recent weeks after a slow start to the season and especially because El Pistolero does not have a substitute position for position within Barça's very rich workforce. His absence, due to a knee problem, will be two weeks for 4 matches in total.
With players such as Lionel Messi, Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, Munir and Malcom, Barça are armed to overcome the absence of the former Liverpool player, even if none of these players is a pure 9 while Paco Alcacer is currently exploding at Borussia Dortmund who has decided to keep it.
Barça can nevertheless count on the return in grace of Dembélé and the return of Coutinho. The Brazilian suffered from a muscle tear and could be lined up against PSV after a three-week absence.
With these two players on the flanks of the trident, Ernesto Valverde will be able to opt for a false Leo Messi 9, a position that the Argentine knew and liked in the past.
A Messi in the heart of the Batavian defense would grab the attention of the Dutch central and leave to Coutinho and Dembélé the care to stretch the rear guard of Eindhoven.
But Suarez is not the only one absent from Barça, in addition to Rafinha, seriously injured, and Sergi Roberto, Valverde will also have to compose without Arthur. The Brazilian midfielder has found his mark since his arrival from Gremio and has even put Arturo Vidal, much better known in Europe, on the bench.
His absence could also be of great service to the Chilean who would finally have an opportunity to show and shine in the eyes of his coach.
But another rookie summer rookie could see his shares rise thanks to the absence of Arthur. Coutinho's positioning in the center of the meadow could indeed benefit the former Bordeaux Malcom, rarely seen in the Barça eleven since the Spanish club had snatched from the hands of the Roma at the end of a saga of controversial transfer .
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Regarding Sergi Roberto, the choice is much smaller than for Suarez. It is Nelson Semedo who will be aligned in place of the Spanish side and substitute Semedo, the young Dani Morer, who played in Juvenil A and UEFA Youth League this season, trained with the A Tuesday morning and could be summoned for the match.
Valverde can also opt for Munir in attack, but the state of form of the striker trained at La Masia (228 minutes on 8 matches, a goal, a decisive pass) should make the Spanish coach prefer the solutions mentioned above.
This match between PSV and Barça will be very interesting to follow. The question of a plan B in the absence of Suarez had never been posed so strongly in Barça, especially since the departure of Alcacer. This meeting will be an opportunity to answer it.
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