Barcelona versus Granada, La Liga: Team News, Match Preview
Barça play their game close by at home, against an intense adversary, with an opportunity to go top of the table
By Renato Gonçalves on April 29, 2021 5:00 am
FC Barcelona (third, 71pts)
versus
Granada CF (eighth, 42pts)
Rivalry/Round: 2020-21 La Liga, Matchday 33
Barcelona Outs and Doubts: Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho (out), Martin Braithwaite, Miralem Pjanic (question)
Granada Outs and Doubts: Neyder Lozano, Domingos Duarte, Luis Milla, Rui Silva, Carlos Neva, Jesús Vallejo, Antonio Puertas, Ángel Montoro (out), Kenedy, Roberto Soldado, Alberto Soro (question)
Date/Time: Thursday, April 29, 2021, 7pm CET (Barcelona), 6pm BST/WAT (UK and Nigeria), 1pm ET, 10am PT (USA), 10.30pm IST (India)
Setting: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Ref: Pablo González Fuertes
VAR: Javier Alberola Rojas
Following a hard-battled prevail upon Villarreal headed straight toward keep their La Liga title trusts alive, Barcelona are back in real life for another midweek match as they invite Granada to GSOE. Furthermore, this is a major one.
For a group that was fourteenth in October and looked lost and sad, it's practically inconceivable that Barça can really go top of the table on the off chance that they dominate their match close by. The Blaugrana will move to initially put with five games to go, which would make them clear top choices for the alliance particularly with a colossal, conceivably title-choosing game against Atlético Madrid simply a week and a half away.
It's been an amazing ascent to the top, yet now it's an ideal opportunity to complete the work. Furthermore, it will not be simple against a Granada group that have been strong and intense to beat throughout the season and made a race to the Europa League quarterfinals in their first-since forever mainland venture. They're all around trained, extreme and physical, and they're not reluctant to assault by the same token.
Ronald Koeman needs to, eventually, turn his group and give any semblance of Pedri, Pedri, Pedri, Pedri, Pedri and furthermore Pedri an opportunity to rest for at any rate a tad. With an excursion to Valencia at the end of the week and an entire week to get ready for Atleti, this is unquestionably the most obvious opportunity to perhaps, quite possibly, allow Pedri a night off.
Truly, Pedri is depleted.
This will be an intense game beginning to end, however this is Barça's opportunity to stamp their power and start to lead the pack to never give it back again. Playing admirably is consistently pleasant, however winning is urgent.
How about we dance.
(But Pedri. His feet hurt.)
Potential LINEUPS
Barcelona (3-5-2): Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Piqué, Lenglet; Dest, Roberto, Busquets, De Jong, Alba; Messi, Griezmann
Granada (4-3-3): Escandell; Díaz, Sánchez, Pérez, Quini; Herrera, Gonalons, Eteki; Suárez, Molina, Machís
Forecast
I'm extremely intrigued to perceive how Barça will deal with being the one under tension at this point. It was amusing to be the trackers, however they're going to turn into the pursued. Granada are adequate to make Barça apprehensive, yet I'll in any case bet in the host group: 4-1 Barça.
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