Lliga | Round 21: FC Barcelona - Alaves 2-1

[Mido]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

Edit : bring Iniesta in for 15 to 25 minutes to get some match fitness after his injury

 

[FCBfan22]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

That lineup is suicide. One of Rakitić/Busquets needs to play. Also Vidal deserves a chance with his performance yesterday instead of Deulolfeu.

 

[Altomonte]

Alaves will be tired but should not be underestimated.
We need to manage Messi's minutes, we need to have him fresh for Chelsea.
Losing the Copa this year would not be a disaster, being eliminated by Chelsea would be MUCH WORSE!

 

[raki]

If Messi does not rest in this one he never will

I would rest Roberto, Pique, Alba, Busi, Iniesta, Messi and Suarez.

 

[vlad]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

Edit : bring Iniesta in for 15 to 25 minutes to get some match fitness after his injury

You are kidding me, you would put players that never played together, except in training, receipt for first defeat in la liga

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

Edit : bring Iniesta in for 15 to 25 minutes to get some match fitness after his injury

There's no way we are winning with this roster.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

If Messi does not rest in this one he never will

I would rest Roberto, Pique, Alba, Busi, Iniesta, Messi and Suarez.

Hopefully we can finish Valencia in first game and rest Messi in second game. 3-0+ type of game.

 

[JerseyAddict]

Delou Gomes Paulinho Denis...

Man...

 

[henias]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

Edit : bring Iniesta in for 15 to 25 minutes to get some match fitness after his injury

Lol put Gomes in the middle, you are fucked, for sure.

 

[Ousmane Dembélé]

If draw this match, or even lose it's not the end of the world.

I would like some revenge for last year though. We win this fixture last year and we're league champions.

 

[raskolnikov]

This is a match we need to put to bed early. Since Suarez is suspended we could have Messi playing and sub him off after 60 minutes. We have a few tough fixtures coming up after Alaves. Espanyol away in between the valencia fixtures. Then getafe (where messi should probably be rested), after that eibar away and Chelsea away. Rotation becomes important at this point and our lead is so significant that we can afford to do it a lot.
I trust valverde to not burn the team like lucho always did so we are done early april.

 

[mia7007]

I see we should start with Mina, Semedo and Digne keeping Alba and Roberto rested with Pique
We may also have Alena/Arnaiz on bench or even starting
Should be an easy match and we need to be fit for Valencia Copa match next

 

[putogusiluz8]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

Edit : bring Iniesta in for 15 to 25 minutes to get some match fitness after his injury

I wouldn't even tune in to watch the game if i saw that lineup

 

[Dan1983]

Time to rotate and rest :


----------------Ter Stegen-----------------
---------Mina------------------Umtiti------
Semedo------------------------------Digne
-----------------Gomes--------------------
Deulofeu-------Paulinho----D.Suarez-----
------Alcacer---------------------Coutinho

Edit : bring Iniesta in for 15 to 25 minutes to get some match fitness after his injury

This a league game and not an early round of the Copa against a team in the lower division.

 

[Mido]

This a league game and not an early round of the Copa against a team in the lower division.

I admit that this is a risky line-up.

But if Messi, Busquets Alba and, to a lesser extent, Rakitic don't rest right now when will they ?

I would actually prefer putting Iniesta instead of Suarez but will he be fully fit if he plays 60 minutes against Alaves ? Or shall he better play 30 minutes to be in best possible shape for the Copa game ? That's an important question !

I would also put Vidal instead of Deulofeu but some in this forum say he's "hurt" or he might leave... I don't know...

This is an opportunity to rest some key players and give substitutes some minutes.