News: (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻: The 2020-2021 Season Thread

Nice to see in the midst of the longest unbeaten streak in the 'big 5' leagues. Especially happy (and surprised) for Dest and Mingueza, first time for each I'm certain.

 

Speaking of having games in hand, Barca are going to have 2 games in hand on LPB and Atleti at certain times later this month.

Psychologically this could be a problem if we lose (or even draw) el clasico as we could find ourselves 7 points (or 4) behind LPB soon after (with 2 games in hand).

 

Seems Pique and Sergi are fit for the clasico. Imo this is not such good news in the sense that Koeman might actually be thinking about playing Pique, or even worse playing both Pique and Sergi.

I can’t stress enough how important match fitness is in order to get back to your level. Remember what happened last time Koeman played Pique right after he recovered from injury vs PSG?

Especially in a big game like the clasico I wouldn’t start either of the two recently recovered in arguably the biggest game of the season for us.

 

****

I hope neither of those start or we're screwed.

 

Surely he’s not daft enough to play Roberto instead of Dest

 

Surely.......

 

Probably not, but if I were guessing I'd say Pique starts. The fact that Araujo has been in-and-out with injuries himself probably factors in with that decision.

 

A look into the future ?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CNdYrV8jGIt/?igshid=c3aysefnoe2v

 

Neymar to return ??

According to Mundo Deportivo, there is ‘unanimity’ within the squad that they would much rather the club pursue a deal to bring back Neymar from Paris Saint Germain than any move for Wijnaldum or his compatriot Memphis Depay.

 

Stop.

 

Referee Nicola Rizzoli:


Which ones are the worst mistakes in his career?

"Once I gave an inexistent penalty in a Milan derby, but the one I will never forget was in a Champions League match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

"I awarded Barcelona a free-kick instead of a penalty because for a handball. The Atletico Madrid player had his feet outside the box, but his hand was inside, and I didn't notice it. Barcelona could have qualified if they had scored. Unfortunately, there was no VAR at that time."

 

no thanks, Tito.

 

Barca gets a chance for revenge on PSG, albeit Barca Femeni. PSG shocked title holders Lyon in the COVID-delayed quarterfinal 2nd leg in Lyon, where PSG won 2-1, for a 2-2 aggregate score, PSG advancing on the away goal rule.

So Barca will play PSG in one semifinal. Chelsea v Bayern in the other, return leg in London. We play first leg in Paris April 25th, back in Barca May 2nd.

Related question, should we start a thread for Barca Femeni?

Related topic, Barcelona Basketball is at the very top of the Euroleague for basketball, finishing 24-10 for first place of 18 teams, 8 of which qualify for upcoming playoffs. We take on Zenit first, in a best of 5 playoff, 3 home games for Barca including game 5 if needed. The 4 survivors go to the "final four" in a neutral location, this year in Cologne, Germany May 28th semis (one and done) and May 30th final:

 

WOW UEFA considering kicking Real, Chelsea ManCity out of this year's CL and ManU and Arsenal out of Europa League based on Super League 'insubordination'

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Here is the guy who is speaking on behalf of Barcelona in the new ******** everyone else we're in the money league;

https://www.football365.com/news/florentino-perez-european-super-league-spokesman-dirty-dozen

 

Super league is here... And.... It's gone.

 

Nice to see Perez’s plan go boom.

 

Just Barca and LPB left in bullshit league now, can't wait for fixture list to come out

 

I'm really disappointed it's taking so long for the team to make a public statement of "yeah, this was a terrible idea".

 

The whole thing is an uter joke, we have the president of Real Madrid speaking rubbish on behalf of Barca and now the only 2 club left in the facial greed is good league are us and LPB and they still won't admit it was a horrendous error. Perhaps they are going to play each other 38 times a season.