Barça faces Inter with the European alarm on

Barça faces Inter with the European alarm on

The azulgranas will look to the Giuseppe Meazza to redeem themselves from the defeat against Bayern

BARCELONA, 3 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

FC Barcelona will visit Inter Milan this Tuesday (9:00 p.m.) on the third day of the Champions League, in a duel where the Catalans arrive with the European alarm on after losing to Bayern Munich, so they want to start with good start the decisive month for the classification to the next phase.

The Catalan squad is aware of what is at stake at the Guiseppe Meazza against a rival they will face again at the Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday 12 October. Two vital duels that could leave their passage to the next round more than on the way or, in the worst case, their banishment to the 'Europa League', something that they already experienced last year.

To do this, the Catalans arrive at the best possible time. Leaders of LaLiga Santander and with Robert Lewandowski 'plugged in' on the return of the international team break. A more than positive dynamic that keeps them undefeated in the domestic competition, with the Pole as 'Pichichi' and with a record Xavi, by achieving the best start as a visitor in history with 18 consecutive games scoring points.

Barça did their homework on Saturday in Mallorca with a solitary goal from Lewandowski, which allowed them to rise to the top of the table, ahead of Real Madrid, which is second with the same number of points (19). However, the great start to the season was marred by the defeat in Munich, so now they will have to redeem themselves from that tough chapter so as not to create major problems.

Xavi will travel to Milan still touched by the 'FIFA virus', so he will not be able to count on Héctor Bellerín, Memphis Depay, Jules Koundé, Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong for the transcendental match, the latter in doubt until the last moment, although finally has not entered the call.

Injuries to the defensive back led the coach to improvise a line of four in the league, with Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba as starters. So Marcos Alonso and Eric García, both rested, win whole to start with the starter Christensen. Alejandro Balde, who played on the right wing, could rest and leave the lane for Sergi Roberto.

Some alternatives that will not have great news above. In midfield, Pedri will start again after resting in the League, and will be accompanied by the immovable Sergio Busquets and Gavi, while up front, Raphinha will also do the same with Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembélé.

In front, they will have a team that they have only beaten once in their history in the Italian fort. A fact that already weighed in Munich, where he has never won yet, and from which they hope to come out this time with an opposite result. Even so, Simone Inzaghi's team is not going through its best moment and is chaining two consecutive defeats in Serie A.

In the 'Champions', Inter has followed the same steps as the 'culés', with a victory against Viktoria Plzen and a defeat against Bayern Munich. An equality that both parties will try to break this Tuesday, although the 'Nerazzurri' also show great casualties, such as that of the Croatian Brozovic, fixed in the Inzaghi scheme, and that of the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, who has been out for a month and has not arrived for the duel.

In addition, the Argentine Lautaro Martínez is between cottons after finishing the game against Roma with muscle discomfort. In the event that he does not recover in time, his compatriot Correa will be Dzeko's companion in attack, where they hope to meet again with the goal in an irregular start to the season, where they occupy ninth position in the League.

INTER DE MILÁN: Onana; Skriniar, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Çalhanoglu, Dimarco; Lautaro, Dzeko.

FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen; Mark Alonso, Christensen, Eric Garcia, Robert; Pedri, Busquets, Gavi, Raphinha, Lewandowski and Dembélé.

--REFEREE: Slavko Vincic (ESL)

- ESTADIUS: Giusseppe Meazza.

--TIME: 21.00/Movistar Champions League