Koeman will line up half a team that already beat Athletic in 2015

Ter Stegen, Piqué, Alba, Busquets and Messi played in the Cup final of that edition (3-1)

In the Basque team only Iñaki Willians will repeat and it is possible that Balenziaga.

Barça could line up against Athletic, in the final of the Copa del Rey on April 17, half of the starting eleven who won the 2015 edition 3-1. Koeman is in a position to play with his starting spine, made up of Ter Stegen, Piqué, Alba, Busquets and Messi.

It will be six years after that May 30, 2015 that he won with a double from Messi and another from Neymar. The first of the Argentine crack was spectacular again. Alves, Mascherano, Iniesta Rakitic, Luis Suárez and Neymar completed the eleven that Luis Enrique took out at the Camp Nou with Velasco Carballo arbitration. In Athletic they could only repeat two: Balenziaga as a left back if the starter does not arrive on time and Iñaki Willians, who completed the entire match. Herrerín may not even be called up because he has already said that he wants to leave the club.

Koeman already has all the defense, at the expense of the discharge of Neto and could complete the eleven with Dest, Mingueza, Lenglet, De Jong, Pedri and Dembélé. Or with Griezmann if he plays 4-3-3. The next training sessions will be key to shaping the title.