Sergi Barjuan, the interim coach of the Catalans, will be able to count on Ansu Fati, Frenkie de Jong, Ronald Araujo and Ousmane Dembélé
After a week in which he only added one of nine possible points in La Liga, the Barça is obliged to react this Tuesday (16:00, from Ecuador) during his visit to Dinamo Kiev, if he wishes to continue with options to qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League without the need to score on the last day of the group stage in Munich.
A victory in Kiev and a defeat by Benfica before him Bayern they would leave Barça two points ahead of the Portuguese before they visit the Camp Nou on 23 November.
On the other hand, everything that is not winning in Ukraine would complicate the future of the Barça team in the competition, which faces the game with Sergi Barjuan as interim coach.
The good news is that it recovers important troops who have not been available in recent meetings. Ansu Fati, Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araujo they return to the summoned list with Ousmane Dembele, who had not entered one since last year after injuring himself with France in the Eurocup.
In any case, it will be necessary to see if they are in physical condition to be starters in a game of such importance. Those who have it more difficult are Araujo and Dembélé because of the long time they have been off the pitch.
On the other hand, regarding the game against Alavés they fall out of the call Gerard Piqué, with an elongation in the soleus of the right leg, and Sergio Aguero, who suffered a cardiac arrhythmia in front of the Vitoria team and is undergoing an exhaustive examination at the Barcelona Hospital to rule out any seriousness.
Also, they did not travel to Kiev Sergi Roberto, Pedro González ‘Pedri’ and Martin Braithwaite, who are still recovering from their respective injuries. Faced with these casualties, Barjuan decided to recall the subsidiary’s midfielder Álvaro Sanz.
For his part, Dynamo Kyiv, who does not know the defeat in the Ukrainian league, will try to surprise Barcelona with a more offensive scheme than the one he deployed at the Camp Nou.
Romanian Mircea Lucescu He could repeat the line-up, but he will try to step on the rival area much more, starting from a higher pressure and taking advantage of the problems to get the ball from behind that the Barça team could have without Piqué.
Since falling in Barcelona by the minimum (1-0), Dinamo has chained three consecutive victories, two in the League and one in the Cup, and it is undisputed leader of the local championship with three points more than Shakhtar Donetsk.
In those meetings, Lucescu gave a rest to Supryaha, who was replaced by the Slovenian forward Benjamin Verbic or by the Venezuelan of 1.90 meters, Eric Ramírez.
Verbic found the goal against Mariúpol, but the rest of the goals went to midfielders like Sydorchuk, Shaparenko, Garmash and Tsygankov.
The Slovenian has options to start, while a possible shock could be the young Brazilian striker vitinho, which has the confidence of the technician. Lucescu is still without defender Popov and forward Besedin, both with knee injuries.
The Ukrainian team, which only adds one point in the Champions League, the one achieved with his goalless draw on the first match against Benfica, he needs victory if he wants to continue playing European competitions in February, be it the Champions League or the Europa League.
Probable lineups:
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Lenglet or Araujo, Eric García, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong; Dest, Ansu Fati and Memphis.
Dynamo Kyiv: Bushchan; Kedziora, Zabarnyi, Syrota, Mykolenko; Shaparenko, Sydorchuk; Carlos de Pena, Tsygankov, Buyalskyi; y Supriaha o Verbic. (D)
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