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Lionel Messi, Barcelona forward.ALBERT GEA / Reuters
Although they have regained their pulse in the Champions League with victories against Ferencvaros and Juventus, Barcelona already need to win in the League if they do not want to go in tow, since they have chained three games without winning (a draw against Sevilla and losses against Getafe and Real Madrid).
He will face Alavés, who beat Valladolid in his last game and at home.
With Coutinho in the infirmary -although Piqué returns to train with Lenglet in defense-, Koeman could bet again with Messi as a hitch and Griezmann in the lead, since they understood each other better in the last European stake. It remains to be seen who rotates in the extremes, with Ansu, Dembélé and Pedri as candidates. In the middle, Pjanic asks for a place before Busquets or De Jong. In the Machín team, on the other hand, there is only the loss of Pere Pons, with the possible laps of Édgar and Lucas Pérez.
