Saturday, 22 FEBRUARY 2020 16:00 BARCELONA TIME CAMP NOU b a r c e l o n a PREVIOUS MEETINGS SLL 19-10-2019 FT Eibar 0 : 3 Barcelona SLL 19-05-2019 FT Eibar 2 : 2 Barcelona SLL 13-01-2019 FT Barcelona 3 : 0 Eibar SLL 17-02-2018 FT Eibar 0 : 2 Barcelona SLL 19-09-2017 FT Barcelona 6 : 1 Eibar SLL 21-05-2017 FT Barcelona 4 : 2 Eibar . VISCAELBARCA
Playing Saturday afternoon at home, then in Naples on Tuesday, but with an injury depleted (Alba, Suarez, Dembele, anyone else out?) squad, biggest question is whether we rotate/rest anyone? I'm guessing we mostly start a pretty strong squad and try to get an early lead and rest 2 starters earlier than usual in the 2nd half (if we have that lead). EIBAR: MAtS Roberto-Pique-Lenglet-Junior Arthur-Busquets-FDJ Messi-Griezmann-Fati Sub on 3 of Vidal, Rakitic, Braithwaite, Semedo, and Umtiti (or, to the extent any of those 5 start, the "predicted starters" they replace). At Napoli: Pretty much the same, but Braithwaite not even available as a sub in CL, only in Liga. Any predicted starters who don't start likely do against Napoli. Hopefully Semedo and Vidal get starts against Napoli but I won't hold my breath.
STARTING LINEUP Ter Stegen, Semedo, Lenglet, Piqué, Firpo; Busquets, Arthur, Rakitic, Vidal; Messi, Griezmann
First half hat-tricks are nice but let's see him convert penalties in 10 consecutive Serie A matches.
My point is we might rotate a bit in this match to field strong and fresh and best squad in Napoli, where I'd like Vidal and Semedo to start.