Barcelona boss Hansi Flick may solely choose one fault of their 7-1 La Liga dwelling win over Valencia.
La Blaurgana adopted up their 5-4 UEFA Champions League win over Benfica
After sealing their spot within the Champions League final 16, Barcelona at the moment are firmly targeted on home issues within the coming weeks, as Flick rotated his crew towards Los Che.
One of many gamers to maintain their place from the journey to Lisbon was Wojciech Szczesny regardless of Flick’s earlier feedback on his function.
The previous Bayern Munich boss had indicated his plan was to begin Szczesny in European motion with Inaki Pena remaining as his league No.1.
That plan was modified towards Valencia, in a significant pre-game shock, after a rocky evening at Benfica.
however Flick caught with him this weekend.
The veteran shot stopper was saved by VAR towards Valencia, after making a gift of one other rash penalty, however Flick will preserve religion with him for now.
“We wanted gamers with recent legs. It’s unbelievable how they performed, everybody was concerned,” he stated at full time.
“We haven’t given up but on Tek [Szczesny] but, he’s necessary. I perceive for Iñaki Peña the scenario is just not the most effective, however we determined to begin Szczesny tonight after an inside assembly.”
With a spot within the subsequent spherical of the Champions League already assured, Szczesny ought to preserve his spot in between the posts towards Atalanta in midweek, however the true query will deal with Alaves at dwelling subsequent weekend.
Pena had began the final 14 successive league video games previous to Flick’s name to go together with Szczesny, following Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s season-ending harm, however the scenario has now modified and he might want to battle to persuade the supervisor over his beginning credentials.