Barcelona face a brutal calendar after the worldwide break with 9 video games in 28 days

Barcelona face a brutal calendar after the worldwide break with 9 video games in 28 days

Gamers of prime European golf equipment have been very vocal in regards to the hectic schedule this season and rightfully so. 

In truth, Actual Madrid brazenly criticised the identical matter earlier this month with supervisor Carlo Ancelotti slamming authorities for putting video games with lower than 72 hours of relaxation between them.

Notably, the following month for Barcelona is horrifyingly hectic and lots of video games have lower than 72 hours of relaxation between them. What makes issues worse is how a lot rides on each sport at this level within the season.

A month with no respite

Barcelona’s marathon month features a staggering seven video games in simply 20 days and presumably 9 video games in simply 28 days, numbers that put into perspective how a lot fallacious there’s in in the present day’s system.

Their schedule after the worldwide break begins with the sport in hand in opposition to Osasuna on Thursday night time after which they are going to have simply 65 hours to relaxation earlier than they tackle Girona in the identical competitors.

Barcelona are observing an unrelenting calendar. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photos)

For the following sport, they are going to have 78 hours however it will likely be in opposition to Atletico Madrid within the reverse fixture of the Copa del Rey semi-final the place they have to begin from scratch after the primary leg ended 4-4.

69 hours later, Barcelona return to motion in La Liga the place they tackle Actual Betis at Montjuic. It’s only after that time that they are going to have 96 hours earlier than a sport.

Awaiting them after the seemingly luxurious break is Borussia Dortmund within the UEFA Champions League.

Thereafter, they are going to tackle Leganes in La Liga and Dortmund within the reverse fixture with about 70 hours of relaxation earlier than each video games.

Two video games await the crew on the weekend of April 19-20 and midweek on April 22-23 in opposition to Celta Vigo and Mallorca respectively. Ought to the crew qualify for the Copa del Rey ultimate, they must play that sport on April 26 as nicely.

The state of affairs is way from supreme however Barcelona should discover a solution to navigate this attempting schedule as it could very nicely outline their season.