Last game of the year. Barcelona depends on itself to finish 2022 as the leader of the League, something that it will achieve if it beats Espanyol in the Camp Nou derby in search of oxygen to get away from the always suffocating bottom of the table.
To end the year, Xavi has opted for an eleven without its captain, Sergio Busquets. In his place, Frenkie de Jong will play accompanied by Pedri and Gavi.
There are no doubts with Robert Lewandowski. The Pole will start after the Central Contentious Court of Madrid has granted a precautionary measure to the sanction imposed by the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD). This measure caused a wave of anger in Espanyol. The club decided by way of protest that there will be no parakeet representation in the Blaugrana fiefdom and this was communicated to Barcelona in a telephone call with the president Joan Laporta.
Lewandowsksi will be accompanied by Ansu Fati who adds his fourth title of the season and Raphinha on the left and right ends respectively. Neither Ronald Araújo, who received a medical discharge, nor Dembélé and Koundé, the last internationals to join the Blaugrana discipline after reaching the World Cup final that Argentina won, did not start from the start.
The eleven of the FC Barcelona: Ter Segen; Sergi Roberto, Christensen, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba; De Jong, Gavi, Pedri; Raphinha, Ansu Fati and Lewandowski.
The defense will be completed by Christensen and Marcos Alonso as a pair of central defenders, since Eric Garcia continues with problems with the captains Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto on the left and right sides respectively. In the goal will be Ter Stegen who debuts as the fourth Blaugrana captain after the departure of Gerard Piqué.
