With the enormous disappointment of the long-term absence of Víctor Barberá, Barça Atlètic faces the commitment of this coming Sunday (12:00, live on the FC Barcelona YouTube channel) against Poblense. After losing one of his strikers (Òscar Gistau) a few weeks ago, the Brazilian coach will no longer be able to count on a forward who was on a roll for the rest of 2025 (and until February-March).
Barberá, who returned last year after leaving for Bruges, He will undergo surgery next week for a tear in the rectus femoris of his right leg. He had just scored four goals in the last two games and was the great offensive beacon of a team that is now left without spearheads.
ADRIAN GUERRERO, THE ‘HEALTHY’ FORWARD
Belletti will have to pull the Juvenil A forward, Adrián Guerrero who is having a great start to the season and has just scored in the Youth League. Of course, the hero of Paris 2006 will probably bet on placing Juan Hernández or Shane Kluivert as a false ‘9’. Sama Nomoko is untouchable on the right and Óscar Ureña is on the other side.
The Dominican senior international is in a good moment, he has just scored in Lleida and needs continuity after returning from his long-term injury. In fact, Ureña suffered the same thing for which Barberá will undergo surgery and ended up out of combat for five to six months.
XAVI SPART AND DOUGHTS
In addition to the significant loss of Barberá, It is possible that Belletti will not be able to count on Xavi Espart either, who has been in first team dynamics all week and is preparing to travel to Madrid for the classic. We will see what decision Flick makes with Jofre Torrents, who has also trained with the first team this week. But with Balde and Gerard Martín being operational, it will make sense to release him to accumulate minutes with Barça Atlètic.
Marcos Parriego was the big news in this Friday’s session. He does not arrive for this Sunday’s match against Poblense, but he is already doing part of the work with the group and next week he could reappear. For the rest, the eleven for the duel at the Estadi Johan Cruyff could be similar to last Sunday at the Camp d’Esports in Lleida, but without Xavi Espart or Barberá and possibly with Landry Farré and Quim Junyent or Dani Rodríguez.
The probable lineup of Barça Atlètic would be: Bernad, Landy, Alexis Olmedo, Cortés, jophre, Tommy, Fariñas, quir juryenent on Dani Rodríguez, Sama did not do, Ureña and John.
Belletti: “We are in good momentum”
Juliano Belletti He was satisfied with the team’s evolution despite the defeat against Atlètic Lleida last week. “Although we have lost two games so far this season, we have played well. We have controlled the games and created quite clear chances. Despite the bad results, we are in good game dynamics. We always want to improve, because our rivals have studied us more and more,” he reflected.
“We want the players to be prepared for the first team, but we are competing well,” he added before praising a Poblense that “is being regular, has a good team and usually has possession”.
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