CL: BATE - Barca 0-5

[Myrmecophile]

Cuenca's in the squad.

[mitkoa7x]

Going to France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria or Croatia is far more preferable than going all the way to Belarus and the Czech Republic

[catalan force]

Wouldn't mind if Pep gave some minutes to one of the kids in Minsk. We are really stretched too thin with Ibi and Alexis out injured.

no rafinha??
bojan you have any idea why the club has not tied him up with an official contract?? he is 18 already. i am worried.

[Psychaz]

Because Europe is bigger than Spain.

yeah but we always end up with a team in Eastern europe, and their miles away, its over 2700km to belarus ffs

[dalitis8]

Going to France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria or Croatia is far more preferable than going all the way to Belarus and the Czech Republic

Wouldn't you rather play against Bate then Dortmund?

And come on, Belarus is between Russia and Poland, not too far from Scandinavia. They are not Japan ffs.

And since Eastern European teams have been more successful recently than they have been in the late 90s and early noughties, we should get used to playing them. That is the point of the European Cup anyways.

[Bojan]

fcbarcelonanews FC Barcelona News

Squad list for match vs. BATE: Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Mascherano, Fontàs, Abidal, Maxwell, Adriano, Busquets, Keita, Xavi, Thiago, Cesc, Villa, Messi, Pedro, Dos Santos and Cuenca.

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Bate coach Goncharenko:”Barcelona is one of the favorites to win the Champions League. But in football there are no invincible teams.”
"The arrival of Barcelona to our country is a party .It will also be a great lesson and a test of our capabilities."

Btw. they call him the Belarus Guardiola.

[Jonathan28]

If he's anything like Pep then he'll play his DM as a CB in a 3-4-3 formation against us.

[Tomchin]

I hope Pep fields the same eleven as against Atletico, maybe with the exception of one additional defender instead of Thiago or Cesc. This is a must-win game, no time for experiments.

[Tomchin]

Don't think so, he said that they'll have to play very organized, so I expect an extremely defensive approach.

[jairzinho]

Its getting harder everyday to predict what lineup Pep will go with, so i will not attempt to post a starting 11. All i want is 3 points.

[Pepe Silvia]

Some of the arrogance in here is unbelievable.

[PhilS]

If Cuenca plays, it will be as a sub. I don't understand why they are bringing JDS instead of a 3rd goalkeeper.

[Pepe Silvia]

JDS can fill in as a horrible defender too so that's probably it.

[impeh]

JDS can fill in as a horrible defender too so that's probably it.

yah.

away from home obviously makes it a little harder, but we should win this quite comfortably, although i do know very little about their team, haha.
Cant really afford to drop points, tis important to top the group.

[dalitis8]

I think that many cules may find BATE's potency a bit surprising. They are a decent side, and we should field a serious starting XI.

If we manage to put the game to bed from early on (I am not so certain of that) then we can sub our greats...