The alternatives to Luis Suarez at Mestalla
The Uruguayan finished up at Wembley with pain in his knee
Mestalla is a stadium where Barcelona will have to play as well as they did at Wembley to win and break their run of bad results in La Liga. But Ernesto Valverde may be without Luis Suarez, who suffered pain in his knee at the end of the win over Tottenham on Wednesday.
The forward, despite not scoring, twice dummied to set up goals for Messi in an impressive display, creating space for his team-mates and pressing Tottenham when they tried to bring it out.
Valverde has to start to think of alternatives if Suarez is not fit. On Friday Barcelona will get a better read on his physical problems. The easiest thing to do would be to play Munir El Haddadi, a natural striker. He scored against Athletic at Camp Nou last weekend.
That's not the only option though. Lionel Messi could play a No 10 role or Dembele could come back into the side.
Malcom may also be used but it seems that the Brazilian is not in Valverde's plans.
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