Cillessen, Dembele, Iniesta, Valverde, Yerry Mina | TOP 5 Barca
After the blaugranas booked their place in the Copa del Rey final on Thursday, Valverde’s side maintain their undefeated La Liga run with a 0-0 draw against Getafe at the Camp Nou. The blaugranas tried to break the visiting side down throughout but were unable to unlock the defence despite chances for Suárez, Yerry Mina and Coutinho.
Getafe started by pressing very high up the pitch and Ter Stegen had to produce a fantastic dribble to avoid being dispossessed on his own goal line. As the first five minutes went by Barça’s new look backline, including Yerry Mina on his home debut and Lucas Digne as the centre-backs, began to play the ball out from the back. More here.
Ousmane Dembele returns from latest hamstring injury in draw | Sport
Dembele returned to traning ahead of schedule last week. Dembele, 20, began the game on the bench, but in the 60th minute he was brought on to the pitch for Paco Alcacer, with Barça struggling to break their visitors down.
While on the pitch, he tried to open up space by taking players on down the right flank, although his lack of match action told. More here.
Iniesta: January and February are like this, they wear you out | Marca
Captain Andres Iniesta even admitted that players are tired at this stage of the season: "The months of January and February are like this. We have the obligation and luck to be in every competition, which does wear you out. I prefer when opponents sit back because they're chances of earning something are reduced a lot. It's a question of whether or not we play well. We tried to the very end today." More here.
Ernesto Valverde: 'We were lacking some freshness' | FCBarcelona.com
FC Barcelona were unable to secure three points against Getafe as they were held to a 0-0 draw. The manager said, “we were lacking some freshness and rhythm, especially in the first half. Getafe are a team who stop you from playing so you don’t get close to their box. As the game went on we attacked more and more and despite our best efforts it wasn’t to be. They defended their box well and we lacked a bit of spark."
“We have had a busy month and have just reached a final. We can’t win every game we play or be 100% all the time, and this is why the coming week without a game comes at a great time for us to recover.” More here.
Cillessen is on Bayern Munich's radar | Marca
Bayern Munich believe the Dutchman has the characteristics to perform well at the Allianz Arena, where they've seen their starting goalkeeper Manuel Neuer miss most of this season through injury.
The Bavarian club's interest has been reported by Mundo Deportivo and the 28-year-old has a release clause of 60 million euros, while his salary is one of the lowest of the current Blaugrana squad. More here.
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Source: barcablog.com
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