Barcelona play their final match before the international break as they welcome Alavés to the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with manager Xavi Hernández and the players looking to rebound from a difficult week and keep pace with the top of La Liga.
The miracle win away to Real Sociedad despite an awful performance and the disaster display in their defeat in Europe against Shakhtar Donetsk exposed a lot of issues with the Blaugrana, especially in their inability to attack and be creative in the final third.
Xavi held a meeting with his team after the Shakhtar defeat to clear the air and identify the problems, and in his pre-match press conference on Saturday ahead of the clash with Alavés the coach said he’s ready to make some “tweaks” and get Barça back to playing the great football they’ve displayed earlier this season.