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Msn take the floor after turbulent week

1 month ago  Raphael   Sport News

At 20.45 CET, after Barcelona's members have already spoken and voted in the Assembly of Electors, it will be the turn of the first XI, including Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, to speak on the pitch.
Saturday night will be the first appearance of the team after a week with a lot of background noise.
MSN were part of the group of players that were attacked by objects thrown from the stands of the Estadio Mestalla but since then they have made no statement, so we must measure their mood by what they do with the ball against Granada.
For those that are going to the Camp Nou, they will demonstrate their disagreement with LaLiga chief Javier Tebas and the Competition Committee after both condemned the club for their part in the aftermath of the Valencia victory.
The platform Seguiment FCB has proposed to make noise on minute 12 to show their rejection of the statements made by Tebas and the text of the resolution from the committee.
Against Granada, the game will therefore have a bit more spice than usual, and the away side will do well not to be distracted by what is happening in the stands.
Barcelona face a side with one of the worst records against them and MSN alone have scored 15 goals against them in their last four encounters.
Luis Enrique will release his squad list on Saturday morning and it's expected to look quite different from previous ones.
Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Jeremy Mathieu, Aleix Vidal and Andres Iniesta are all out whilst Arda Turan will be assessed before a final decision is made.
In the case of the latter, he is still not ruled out but the fact is that on Friday he could not train because of a swollen foot.
So, there will be definitely be some new faces on the list.
Marlon, one of the sensations of the reserve side, Nili and Alena could be called upon.
The inclusion of the first two seems a safe bet because of the number of casualties in defence, whilst Alena's inclusion will depend on how Arda reacts to a late fitness test on Saturday morning.
Luis Enrique is not quite sure how Granada will play.
Although Lucas Alcaraz has the option of playing with five defenders, Enrique does not rule out any surprises.
"Beyond the change of system, it will be interesting to see how high they press because I remember that Alcaraz's Levante came to press us very high," Enrique noted.