The UEFA Champions League’s league stage is about for a grandstand end subsequent week with as many as 13 groups competing for a spot within the top-8.
Barcelona, sitting in ninth place, are severe contenders to complete within the top-8 and thereby skip a further playoff spherical to straight qualify for the knockout levels.
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With a view to obtain that goal, nevertheless, they have to win towards Copenhagen subsequent Wednesday on the Spotify Camp Nou, and accomplish that with an enormous purpose distinction to safe their place within the top-8.
Ahead pushing to return
Will Flick danger Torres for the large sport? (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Photos)
Hansi Flick’s facet will enter the difficult fixture subsequent week , for the previous is injured and the latter suspended. In such a state of affairs, the staff can do with each little bit of assist they’ll get.
, on that entrance, experiences that Ferran Torres isn’t dominated out for the UCL sport subsequent week regardless of lacking the staff’s video games towards Slavia Prague and Actual Oviedo.
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The Spanish ahead is Barcelona’s high scorer this season however confronted muscle discomfort in his proper leg which presently locations him out of the staff dynamics. He’s a doubt for the Copenhagen conflict, however removed from dominated out.
Torres personally needs to push himself again from damage and make himself out there for an evening when scoring targets can be extra necessary than ever. Flick, nevertheless, is often not an advocate of dashing gamers from damage no matter the state of affairs.
It thus stays to be seen what choice the supervisor takes on Torres’ availability. Rather a lot will depend upon his restoration and sensations forward of the sport, however he’s unlikely to begin even when he does make it again to the squad in time for the sport.
In spite of everything, Flick nonetheless has Lewandowski to rely on and might decide to convey the ‘Shark’ within the second half as an affect substitute.