Maturity test – AS.com

Coaches and players assure that the best thing that can happen after a bad day is to play the next game as soon as possible. Well then, Barcelona is presented with the opportunity to make amends three days after tie in Vigo and that the coach called his players to chapter. Tonight (9 p.m. on Movistar Champions League) Barcelona hosts Brest at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in a match that seeks to both recover sensations and clarify the outlook in the top European competition (follow the match live on As.com).

Paying attention to sensations, The young Blaugrana team faces a test of maturity. After a spectacular start to the season, Flick’s team has lost its shine after beating Bayern and Real Madrid. The defeat in San Sebastián and the draw in Vigo in a match that was won 0-2 with ten minutes left have set off alarm bells. Flick has called his players who have to react to chapter.

Brest might seem like the right rival by name, but His performance in the top continental competition makes the Blaugrana dressing room suspicious. The French are currently fourth in the standings halfway through the first phase with a balance of three wins and one draw. Without a doubt, they are the big surprise of the competition after having beaten Sturm Graz at home (2-1) as a visitor to Salzburg (0-4) and Slavia Prague (1-2) and only gave up a draw against Bayer Leverkusen .

Barcelona occupies sixth position in a table in which you have to finish in the top eight to avoid a knockout round and is one point behind the French. That is to say, that In addition to the importance of recovering game sensations, there is the importance of the points at stake, especially taking into account the calendar that awaits the Blaugrana. with two tough trips to Dortmund against Borussia and Lisbon where Benfica awaits, while at home they must receive Atalanta, currently ninth ranked.

Looking ahead to this match, Flick will continue without being able to count on Lamine Yamal, without whom there is no winning, nor with Alejandro Balde. The big news regarding the Vigo match would be the entry of Héctor Fort as left back in place of Gerard Martín.

If Barça has casualties, Brest also has a major one. Pierre Lees-Melou, their best player and reference midfielder, broke his fibula last Friday in the Monaco field and he misses the rest of the season like Locko, the winger who tore his ligaments at the beginning of the season. Lees-Melou’s place will most likely be occupied by Edmilson Fernandes in a match that is a test of character for Flick’s team, which needs both the points and to believe in itself again.

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