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Barcelona will look to win their first Champions League game of the season when they face Young Boys on Tuesday.
Heading into their first Champions League game against Monaco two weeks ago, the Blaugrana were unbeaten, but surprisingly lost against the French outfit, putting them on the backfoot in the League Phase.
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Barcelona Recent Form
Things were all going so swimmingly for Hansi Flick at the beginning of his Barca tenure as he won all five of his first five La Liga fixtures.
Then, the honeymoon period ended when his team suffered a 2-1 loss against Monaco in the Champions League. They recovered from that domestically by defeating Villarreal and Getafe.
However, Barca lost their first La Liga game of the season at the weekend as Osasuna put them to the sword in a 4-2 away loss.
Barcelona Injury News
Flick’s squad has been ravaged by injuries this season. At the moment, Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, Marc Bernal, Eric Garcia, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen are all absent.
Frenkie de Jong hasn’t played a game this season due to an ankle problem but is on the cusp of making a return and could make this one.
Due to Ter Stegen’s serious knee injury, Barca recently completed the free transfer acquisition of Wojciech Szczesny.
Last Barcelona Lineup
Here’s how Barcelona lined up against Osasuna.
Young Boys Recent Form
Young Boys, one of the favourites to win the Swiss Super League, have endured a torrid start to the season as they are currently down in 11th with just six points taken from eight matches.
In their first Champions League game of the season, they were comfortably beaten at home by Aston Villa and also lost at home in the league this past weekend as Grasshoppers emerged victorious 1-0.
Young Boys Injury News
Saidy Janko, Patric Pfeiffer and Facinet Conte are all missing for the visitors.
Last Young Boys Lineup
Here’s how Young Boys lined up against Grasshoppers.
Barcelona – Player To Watch
Lamine Yamal was rested against Osasuna…
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Author : [email protected] (Martin Macdonald)
Publish date : 2024-09-30 10:52:00
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