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Barça's first and last title? | Israel today

2021-01-17T11:07:44.130Z


Barcelona and Bilbao will meet tonight in the Super Copa final • In the post-humiliation era against Bayern and in the midst of the crisis, any degree is welcome | World football


Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will meet tonight in the Super Copa final • In the post-humiliation era against Bayern and in a deep crisis at a headless club, every title is essential for Messi and his teammates

  • Leo Messi in concluding training.

    Builds on a bachelor's degree

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Barcelona have a good chance of winning tonight (Sunday, 22:00) their first and possibly last title for the current season.

Ronald Koeman's team will face Marcelino's new Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final, which is more than just another game and not necessarily because of the title.

Although the Super Copa is a rather minor title in Spain, in the post-humiliation era against Bayern Munich and in a deep crisis at a headless club, any title is essential.

More than prestige, it is a shot of hope, pride and confidence for a team that is still broken and needs to believe in itself.

As has happened in every game in the last decade and even more so in the first season of rebuilding, Barça are dependent on Leo Messi.

In this case not only if he scores and cooks, but if he plays at all.

The Argentine, whose joy has returned to him in recent weeks, is injured and still not one hundred percent fit.

It is true that in the semi-final against the excellent Real Sociedad, Barcelona won on penalties without him, but everyone knows that without Messi Bilbao has a better chance.

"With Leo the team is stronger," Koeman said in a joint opinion shared with him and Marcelino, "he has a creativity and efficiency that we sometimes lack."

The esteemed Spanish coach made his debut on Bilbao's lines two weeks ago against Barcelona.

It ended in a loss with a big performance by Messi, but time, and especially the win over Real Madrid in the Super Cup semi-final, proved that the Basques have a lot more to offer.

Barça will continue without a permanent president at least until March, when the January 24 election, due to the Corona epidemic, may take place.

The president of the transition management, Carles Tuskets, met with the three remaining candidates in the race - Jean Laporta the favorite, Victor von and Tony Freisha, and they decided not to bring in the brake Eric Garcia in January.

Although Coman has been asking for him since he arrived and insisted even more on Gerard Pique's injury, Barcelona will not negotiate with Manchester City for him for a simple and sad reason: there is simply no money in the coffers of one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Source: israelhayom

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