Barcelona: who are Athletic Club de Bilbao’s measure in knockout tournaments,
Are going to try and get even with their year-old loss to the one who beat them twice in 2021, of which they won the only other game of the five duels that took place during the year in the Cup final. So, a match of 2022 and 2024 eliminated them in the 16th round of the Cup. This Wednesday, in Jeddah, they face each other again, and the Spanish Super Cup final is awaiting the winner.
With the need for Laporta to be gone and being more aggressive than ever, the situation within Barça is filled with tension. On the other hand, the board recognizes that the team led by Hansi Flick requires a victory to calm down the situation.
The good news from Barcelona is given by Lamine Yamal, who has been practicing typically recently and in the first eleven, as Flick implied, to restore the starting attack that gave the team occasional success.
Athletic starts Nico Williams on the bench because he is unable to participate in the prior training, which also applies to Sancet. Ernesto Valverde, fired from his post as a coach in Barcelona in Saudi Arabia in 2020, threatened not to rush his players and get them in the best possible condition, which he fully respected.
Athletic vs Barcelona lineups
ATHLETIC CLUB: Unai Simón , Vivian, Paredes, Yuri, Iñigo Lekue, Jauregizar, Prados, Berenguer, Unai G
REFEREE: Ortiz Arias
STADIUM: King Abdullah Sports City
TIME: 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT / 1:00 pm MX
Barcelona, Dani Olmo, and Pau Víctor are granted transient registration.
Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor got their temporary introduction to Barcelona while the Superior Sports Council continues to study the case.
Barcelona: A guild of judges or sports officials in Spain called the CSD (Spanish Sports Council) has sanctioned Barcelona the club’s measure-based petition of Tuesday to specify its squad Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor with LaLiga, and now both may be right away played by the Catalan team. However, they do not have to face Athletic Club tonight.
The announcement solidified the Barcelona squad in Saudi Arabia, though, as Flick had already given the starting lineup for the Athletic match, the news came as a shock and speculation continued whether
After two courts rejected the judgment and the Spanish Football Federation, as well as LaLiga, also rejected all Barcelona’s arguments, the International Olympic Committee did receive the 52-document presented by Barcelona, which submitted that the two players could participate in the second half of the season.
The CSD stated in the letter that the measure is a “provision until the appeal that has been filed by the club and by the players is resolved once and for all.” The authority also stated that “the licenses are still valid until the current appeal has been resolved once and for all,” which will probably not be in line with the interests of Barcelona in the next few weeks or months.
In fact, the CSD believes that, in accordance with Sports Law, professional athletes have the right to lead a sports career in accordance with their possibilities with all the warranties. In addition, the CSD asserts the existence of immediate damages that are hard to settle as a way to justify the speed of its decision.
“The adoption of this precautionary measure would cause the club and, above all, the players severe economic and sporting damage,” the court said. Thus, the court decided in favor of Barcelona.
