Madrid (AFP)
Passed through entry, FC Barcelona already has no right to error before the second day of the Spanish Championship Sunday (21:00) against Betis Sevilla at Camp Nou, where Catalan fans hope that Lionel Messi will be back from injury.
The 1-0 defeat at the first day of La Liga in Bilbao, coupled with the physical problems contracted by Luis Suarez (calf) and Ousmane Dembélé (thigh), immediately put pressure on the reigning Spanish champions.
While awaiting the outcome of the endless series Neymar, all Catalonia hopes to see again on foot Messi, who did not resume collective training until Wednesday after a right calf injury.
Accustomed to not taking risks with his star, coach Ernesto Valverde could this time be forced to hasten his return to the shortage of valid strikers: as it stands, the only fit striker is the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, who missed his debut in blaugrana last weekend in Bilbao and will have to redeem Sunday at Camp Nou.
How will the French be received? After a lot of procrastination, "Grizi" ended up signing this summer at Barça, where he will have to forget about the famous documentary worthy of reality TV in the summer of 2018 where he decided to stay a year more at the Atlético Madrid.
In front of him, another French striker is expected on the lawn of Camp Nou: the former Lyonnais Nabil Fekir, transferred to the offseason at Betis and also forced to buy after an inaugural defeat at home against Valladolid (2-1) .
In the other posters of the weekend, after an Andalusian derby Granada-Seville (20:00) and a Valencian derby Levante-Villarreal (22:00) Friday night, Real Madrid Zinédine Zidane Saturday Valladolid receives at the stadium Santiago Bernabeu (19:00).
And Sunday, another derby will oppose in the suburbs of Madrid the Leganés team to that of Atlético (19:00).
The program (in French hours)
Friday:
(8:00 pm) Granada - Seville
(22h00) Levante - Villarreal
Saturday:
(17h00) Osasuna - Eibar
(19h00) Real Madrid - Valladolid
(21h00) Celta Vigo - Valencia CF
Getafe - Athletic Bilbao
Sunday:
(17h00) Alavés - Espanyol Barcelona
Mallorca - Real Sociedad
(19h00) Leganés - Atlético Madrid
(9 pm) Barcelona - Betis Seville
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