The Barcelona will face Espanyol this Saturday, November 20, starting at 15:00 hours in Peru and 21:00 in Spain. It will be a new edition of the Catalan derby and a match that will mark the beginning of the Xavi Hernández era in the culé team. Therefore, in this article, we will tell you what could be the starting eleven of the world champion to debut this weekend at Camp Nou.
The blue and garnet fans are eager to see how their team will perform under the orders of the Spanish legend. However, despite Xavi Hernández's arrival to renew the spirit in the team, he has more than eleven injured players and therefore his starting lineup is conditioned.
For this reason, his initial team is a mystery, but here we reveal the main option. The most sensible, taking into account the playing style of the Catalan strategist, is a 4-3-3 formation formed as follows: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Piqué, Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba; De Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Gavi, Depay, Coutinho.
With this team, Barcelona will seek to return to the path of victory in La Liga Santander, a tournament they have not won for four matches and where they are in ninth place with 17 points, a completely unusual position especially considering the players the institution has.
On the other hand, and finally, where they also need to improve drastically is in the Champions League, where they are in second place but still have to face Benfica and Bayern Munich. A defeat in the next match could mean finishing third and going to the Europa League.