Three Keys to the Game: Barcelona vs Athletic

Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty ImagesRevenge for the Supercopa is on the Sunday menu, but more importantly, an opportunity for Barcelona to keep an impressive domestic winning streak going.

Even if the realist in you has a hard time believing that Barca can catch Atletico at the top the table, the recent success has been significant in keeping them solidly in the top four.

Can they continue the momentum as the calendar turns?

Here are some keys to the game.

1. Have an answer for Athletic’s physicality

Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty ImagesAthletic always play a physical game. Last time around, emotions boiled over and Lionel Messi paid the price for retaliating.

The Basque men…