CL: BATE - Barca 0-5

[Bojan]

BATE Borisov - FC Barcelona

Activity on Tuesday will begin very early in the morning The Barça expedition is expected to leave the Camp Nou at 8.15 to start the journey to Minsk (Belarus), where on Wednesday (20.45) they’ll face Bate Borisov in the second round of the group stage of the top European competition.
On Tuesday, the squad will train at the Dynamo stadium from 19.30, and the corresponding press conferences will take place. After the game on Wednesday the squad won’t travel back to Barcelona until Thursday, when they’re scheduled to set off at 11.00.

[chipson]

after the draw with milan we will need all 3 points, but i don't think this is gonna be a problem.

l.e. : i bet 1 euro that we gonna play 3-4-3

[Kinlejus]

Eastern European grass has always been tough for Barca to show their best, I do not expect easy match nor do I see us scoring loads of goals.

[woobie]

Barca should win this one but clubs from eastern europe can throw up nasty surprises at times. At least the away fixture is relatively early in the group stage (and not, say, in November when it's likely to be an awful lot colder and snowier).

[Wolfe]

BATE isn't Rubin Kazan. Should be a walk in the park.

[dalitis8]

Sure we can win this easily.

But we must be careful.

I am really sad that we have to beat this lovely little team, which with very limited resources and with only 2 foreigners in their whole squad have reached the CL stage for the 2nd time in their history.

[Jonathan28]

Guys, chill, this will be a breeze.

[barcelonista]

Guys, chill, this will be a breeze.

Yeah, but watch pulling out random stuff like:

"We won't underestimate them."
"They are Belorussian champions after all."
"They managed to draw with Juventus, that shows their quality."
"Easter Europe is always a hard place for us."

Etc.

[dalitis8]

They drew with Juventus twice.

[Wolfe]

With who?

[karthik]

Would be happy with a scrappy win, away from home

[Gfrench33]

It should be an easy game.

I hope see Piqué and Puyol.

[barcelonista]

With who?

Juventus F.C. You know, the record champions of Italy.

[Wolfe]

Ah right. I was thinking it must've be someone relevant in a veeeery distant memory.

[dalitis8]

With who?

It was a group consisting of Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit and Bate.

I thought a Madridista such as yourself would remember...

Juventus eventually topped that group but without beating Bate.