Champions League lowdown on Stade Brestois – FC Barcelona
This Tuesday at 9pm CET, FC Barcelona will be facing French club Brest for the first time ever. Here’s the lowdown on a side that’s been raising plenty of eyebrows in this season’s Champions League.
Hansi Flick says Barça ‘need to learn from mistakes’ – FC Barcelona
Just a day to go before the Champions League returns to the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys with FC Barcelona facing French club Brest on match day five of the initial league phase of the competition. The visitors are the surprise package of the season in Europe and are a point head of the blaugranes in the table, and Barça coach Hansi Flick is aware of the test facing his players on Tuesday.
Iñigo Martinez: ‘If we relax we’ll pay for it’ – FC Barcelona
We’re all set for Tuesday’s game with Brest this Tuesday at 9pm CET at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which Iñigo Martinez says “will be a nice game to play, but also difficult, but we hope our team shows its best qualities again and goes out to win the match.”
Barça Atlétic 0-2 Nàstic: First home defeat – FC Barcelona
The unbeaten streak is over at the Johan Cruyff. Barça Atlètic lost this Sunday to Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona and after seven home matches (four draws and three wins), Albert Sánchez’s team suffered their first defeat.
Hansi Flick gives Barcelona squad a dose of reality following dropped points at Celta Vigo – Football España
The German manager told his squad in no uncertain terms that what he was seeing from his side was not good enough, and has demanded that the Barcelona squad increase the intensity of their play, especially when it comes to pressing the ball and recovering after losing the ball. Flick has made it abundantly clear to his players that they need to be better with a more serious tone.
Barcelona and Manchester City amongst 5 teams to request seats for scouts to watch Viktor Gyökeres – Football España
Gyökeres, 26, has become one of the most coveted forwards in European football. The Swedish number nine already has 30 goals this season, and is being lined up by a series of top sides next summer. The price tag was thought to be around €60-70m, but it may be that Sporting get the €100m release clause given the degree of interest.
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