![]() Mikel Merino and Martín Zubimendi were the wall ahead of the back four and Álex Remiro in that 4-2-3-1 system but as a whole, they couldn’t contain Barcelona for the majority of the game. The rest of the squad was still formidable as Portu led the line with Mikel Oyarzabal, David Silva and Adnan Januzaj following closely. However, the most notable absence was that of Alexander Isak, and in so many ways, that ended up hurting Imanol Alguacil’s team a lot. Real Sociedad, on the other hand, had most of their big guns available as all of their Olympians made a successful return back to the squad. Barcelona were deployed in their traditional 4-3-3 formation. The midfield was pretty standard with no surprises while the front three consisted of Memphis Depay, Antoine Griezmann and Martin Braithwaite. Marc-André ter Stegen was replaced by Neto and Gerard Piqué formed a centre-back partnership with the newcomer, Eric García. With the Argentine now officially joining Paris Saint-Germain, it was very interesting to note how Koeman will fill his void. The big change coming into the game for Barcelona was always going to be the absence of Messi.
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