At nine on Sunday night, at the “Spotify Campy Nou,” the Barcelona squad will play the Athletic Bilbao club in the eleventh round of the Spanish League tournament this year.
With 25 points, Barcelona and the Spanish league standings are second to Real Madrid (28 points), while Athletic Bilbao is sixth with 18 points.
The first open clash between Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde and Athletic Bilbao since his resignation from the technical leadership of Barca in January 2020.
In the tenth round of the Spanish League tournament, the Barcelona team defeated Villarreal with three straight wins, and now it’s seeking to keep winning in La Liga versus Bilbao.
Barcelona participated in 10 games in the Spanish League championship this year, winning 8, drawing 1, and losing 1 of them.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez is looking for a moral victory before Bayern Munich’s crucial confrontation in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage next Wednesday.
The Barcelona team’s position in qualifying for the round of 16 in the Champions League this season, after winning 4 points from 4 meetings in the group stage of the group stage, to occupy the third place to succeed Bayern Munich, which is 12 points, and officially qualified for the final price, and Inter Milan is the runner -up with 7 points The balance of points is absent from the fourth Victoria Plzen.
Barcelona must defeat Inter Milan in the fifth and sixth rounds of the Champions League group stage to advance, and if the Blaugrana falters against Bayern Munich, they will turn to playing in the European League, like they did last year.
Barcelona is anticipated to use the following lineup against Athletic Bilbao: Ter Stegen will protect the goal, followed by Sergio Roberto, Conde, Marcus Alonso, Jordi Alba, De Jong, Javi, Bidry, Fati, Lewandowski, and Ferran Torres.
Athletic Bilbao presents a challenging test for Barcelona in the Spanish league.
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