Barcelona / San Sebastián Aug 14 (EFE) .- Barcelona will debut in LaLiga Santander this Sunday (8:00 pm), against Real Sociedad and a new cycle without the best player in the club’s history, Leo Messi, in a Camp Nou with the public for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Nobody could have imagined on March 7, 2020 that that Barça-Real Sociedad that the locals won with a goal from Messi from the penalty spot would be the last time that Barça fans could attend their temple in 1 year, 5 months and 8 days.
Since then, the entity has experienced an earthquake: 2-8 against Bayern Munich, a motion of censure, the arrival of a new president, the consequences of ‘Barçagate’ and Messi’s burofax and the impossibility of retaining the player a year later because of the economic crisis that the club is experiencing, when he wanted to continue his career dressed as a Barça player.
Thus, that match against Real Sociedad also became the last time that Barça fans could see Messi play in person at the Camp Nou. Not even in the speculations of the scriptwriter with more bad faith had the possibility appeared that the Rosario said goodbye to his hobby without anyone being aware of it.
That March 7, 2020, there were 77,035 spectators who attended the stadium and this Sunday at most there may be 22,000 due to sanitary restrictions due to the pandemic. But, despite the time that the Barça fan has not been able to enter the Camp Nou, the subscription members did not exhaust the available tickets and the club put 2,500 for the non-subscription members and the fans in general.
Ronald Koeman’s team, which will continue on the bench after the uncertainty that existed at the end of last year, will begin to walk without its emblematic player of the last 15 years before a regular rival to open the League. With this Sunday, Barça and Real Sociedad will have met 14 times on the first day.
The Dutch coach will not be able to count on the injured Ansu Fati, Óscar Mingueza, Marc-André Ter Stegen, Moussa Wagué, Ousmane Dembélé and Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero. And, surely, neither will Clément Lenglet, who continues to recover from the discomfort in the patellar tendon in his right knee that already prevented him from contesting the Joan Gamper Trophy.
On the other hand, the club was finally able to register this Saturday Memphis Depay, Eric García and Rey Manaj so that they can play against Real Sociedad after Gerard Piqué decided to ostensibly reduce his salary, according to the same Barça entity.
Especially relevant will be the presence of Memphis, since Koeman only has two other forwards available with a first team card: Antoine Griezmann and Martin Braithwaite.
The Real Sociedad, with the loss of Alex Isak, has a good opportunity to fish in the troubled waters of the Camp Nou and turn around a very negative series of results in its history in Barcelona, where it has not won since 1991.
The absence of Leo Messi is a great opportunity for the Donostiarras to attack the Camp Nou because it has not been possible with him, in addition to suffering the scoring efficiency of the Argentine during his culé stage, in which he became the footballer who has scored the most goals. made to the Real in the First Division.
Now, free from the primacy of the South American, the Gipuzkoans dream of starting on the right foot in their goal of improving the fifth place last season and taking a step forward to rub shoulders directly with the 4 greats of national football.
Imanol Alguacil recovers his internationals – Mikel Oyarzabal, Mikel Merino and Martin Zubimendi – just in time – the three will travel to Barcelona and they are also expected, especially the first two, in the starting eleven.
In addition to the Olympic medalists, who can bring a lot of potential to the team, the eleven of the Donostiarras seem outlined in almost all positions by the losses of Igor Zubeldia, Alex Isak, Nacho Monreal or Carlos Fernández.
The Brazilian Willian José does not travel, this one by technical decision, which opens the door to the ownership of the homegrown players Jon Bautista and Lobete, while on the right side Muñoz is emerging as a substitute for Monreal
– Probable lineups:
Barcelona: Net; Sergi Roberto, Araujo, Piqué, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, De Jong, Pedri; Memphis, Griezmann and Braithwaite.
Royal Society: Remiro; Gorosabel, Aritz, Le Normand, Muñoz; Illarramendi, Silva, Merino; Januzaj, Oyarzabal and Bautista
Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Hernández Hernández (Canary Committee)
The keys: The emotional management of the dressing room that Ronald Koeman has been able to do after announcing the departure of Leo Messi to PSG and the adaptation of the new signings, especially that of Memphis Depay, called to be one of the team leaders.
The data: Barcelona and Real Sociedad will meet for the fourteenth time on the first day of the League. Precisely, the Barça team’s biggest win at the start of the competition was against the Blue and Whites in the 1950-1951 season with a result of 8-2.
The phrases: Ronald Koeman: “We can aspire to the maximum in the League, the Champions League is something else, although there are teams that have won it without having the best players in the world”
The environment: Very little has been said about the game against Real Sociedad at the Barça club, in a state of ‘shock’ due to the departure of Leo Messi and pending the serious economic situation that the entity is going through.
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