WELCOME TO CERAMIC CITY!!! The beautiful home of Villarreal, forever known as The Madrigal in our hearts is the site of a great clash between the hosts and Barcelona, ​​who go into this game seeking the perfect record at the start of the La Liga season and are recovering from their first defeat of the season away to Monaco in Europe in midweek. But it won’t be easy against a very strong Yellow Submarine side who scored eight goals in two games against Barça last season and they are ready to cause big problems again. It should be a lot of fun and you are more than welcome to join us to follow and commentate on all the action. Let’s go!

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LINEUPS

BARCELONA

Starting eleven: ter Stegen; Kounde, Domínguez, Iñigo, Martín; Torre, Eric, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha (4-3-3)

Substitute: Peña (GK), Astralaga (GK), Cubarsí, Cuenca, Fort, Balde, Casadó, Guille, Toni, Fati, Víctor

VILLARREAL

Starting eleven: Conde; Femenía, Bailly, Costa, Cardona; Pépé, Comesaña, Parejo, Yeremi; Ayoze, Baena (4-4-2)

Substitute: Junior (TW), Albiol, Bernat, Navarro, Denis, Gueye, Terrats, Akhomach, Barry

GAME INFO

Competition/Round: 2024-25 La LigaMatchday 6

Date/Time: Sunday, September 22, 2024, 6:30 p.m. CET (Barcelona), 5:30 p.m. BST/WAT (UK and Nigeria), 12:30 p.m. ET, 9:30 a.m. PT (US), 10:00 p.m. IST (India)

Venue: Ceramica StadiumVillarreal, Spain

referee: Mateo Busquets-Ferrer

VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

How to watch

On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports 2 (UK), SuperSport (Nigeria), others

On-line: ESPN+ (USA), LaLigaTV (UK), GXR World (India), DAZN (Spain), others

Matchday Thread Rules

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Even if the referee is bad or we lose the game, look at the cursing. It is simply unnecessary. Moreover, Do not discuss illegal streaming linksWhoever does so will be warned. and those who post links will be blocked immediately. Finally, be nice to each other. This is a Barcelona community and we don’t have to insult each other.

Enjoy the game! Forever and ever, no matter what competition, VISCA EL BARÇA!