KingLeo10
Senior Member
Is our squad really that thin though? If we play 4-4-2 we can rotate Suarez, Messi, Dembele in lesser matches. Midfield we can rotate between Suarez, Roberto, Iniesta, Rakitic, Dembele, Paulinho maybe even Gomes for smaller games. We still have Digne for Alba.
With Vermaelen fit he can rotate with Umtiti and maybe Pique. If we remain consistent in La Liga we can also end it very quickly this season.
We could rotate but I want straight up rest for players like messi, iniesta, busquets over those copa games. madrid used to rest CR7 and modric for entire games (even in liga) during the business end of last season. If the other players like paco deulo and co manage to win the copa, then it would be an added bonus. But I want the CL and liga to be our sole focus.
EDIT: Lucho was chasing a back to back treble in 15/16 and played MSN in ALL of the copa games which led to the disaster in april where the team flat out hit the wall.