The champions say goodbye to their residence and two membership legends on a really particular night time
FC Barcelona (CHAMPIONS, 85pts) vs RCD Mallorca (eleventh, 47pts)
Competitors/Spherical: 2022-23 La Liga, Matchday 37
Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Ronald Araujo, Pedri (out)
Mallorca Outs & Doubts: Antonio Sánchez, Lee Kang-In, Antonio Raíllo, Matija Nastasic (out), Ludwig Augustinsson, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (doubt)
Date/Time: Sunday, Might 28, 2023, 7pm CET (Barcelona), 6pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 1pm ET, 10am PT (USA), 10.30pm IST (India)
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez
VAR: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
watch on TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Viaplay Sports activities 1 (UK), SuperSport (Nigeria), Sports18 (India), Not Accessible (Spain, Canada), others
watch on-line: ESPN+ (USA), LaLigaTV (UK), DAZN (Spain), others
Following a disappointing loss away to Actual Valladolid in midweek, La Liga champions Barcelona return to the Catalan capital for his or her closing residence sport of the season as they welcome Mallorca on Saturday afternoon.
And after 66 years the Best Stadium on Earth would be the residence for a Barcelona match in its present iteration for the final time. The legendary Camp Nou will start an intensive renovation course of that can take a yr and a half to finish, and as soon as Barça return to it on the finish of 2024, the majority of the work could have been achieved because the venue is ready to grow to be one of the spectacular sports activities arenas on the planet underneath the title Espai Barça.
It’s a really particular night time for the individuals of Catalonia who've checked out Camp Nou as one of many largest symbols for this stunning, distinctive, and proud area of Spain, and it’s a really particular night time for the Barça gamers who will make their final drive by means of the previous tunnel, their final change of garments within the previous dressing room, and play one closing soccer match in that legendary pitch.
And for 2 of these gamers, it’s much more particular: Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba will play their closing residence match as Barcelona gamers, and can say goodbye to the gang in a particular farewell ceremony deliberate for after the sport. It’s going to be a stupendous night stuffed with nostalgia and positively a number of tears and of gorgeous speeches, and to make the night time really excellent the group has to win the match.
It’s simple to neglect in regards to the precise sport with all of the festivities concerned, however that is truly an essential match for Xavi Hernández and his troops. The Blaugrana are but to choose up some extent since changing into champions and misplaced two video games in a row in discouraging trend, with fringe gamers failing to step up and the group as an entire shedding the aggressive edge and defensive depth that outlined their title run all season.
Will probably be essential to get again to that, and lay the muse for subsequent season when the squad will hopefully be stronger and the expectations shall be a lot greater. Mallorca have a younger, proficient, well-coached group that can attempt to spoil the ultimate social gathering at Camp Nou, and Barça should rediscover their greatest soccer to complete the season — and the stadium’s journey — on the very best of highs.
The night time shall be particular whatever the outcome, however the stadium, the followers, and Busquets and Alba deserve a win.
Let’s dance.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Balde, Kounde, Christensen, Alba; Gavi, Busquets, De Jong; Dembélé, Lewandowski, Ferran
Mallorca (5-3-2): Rajkovic; Maffeo, Valjent, Hadzikadunic, Copete, Costa; Ndiaye, Baba, Rodríguez; Muriqi, Kadwere
PREDICTION
Coming off two straight losses, within the final ever sport at Camp Nou, and the ultimate residence sport for 2 membership legends. There isn't a method I don’t see Barça again to their greatest selves and successful this for the house crowd, the house stadium and Busi and Alba: 3-0 to the great guys.
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