WELCOME TO CAMP NOU!!! The Greatest Stadium on Earth opens its doors for the last time in 2025\/26 as Barcelona welcome Real Betis looking for three points to become the first team in history to have a perfect home record in a 20-team La Liga season. This should be all kinds of fun, and you\u2019re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!<\/p>\n
Starting XI: Joan; Kounde, Eric, Mart\u00edn, Cancelo; Bernal, Pedri; Raphinha, Gavi, Ferm\u00edn; Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Szczesny (GK), Kochen (GK), Araujo, Cubars\u00ed, Christensen, Balde, Espart, Casad\u00f3, Tommy, Olmo, Roony, Rashford<\/p>\n
Starting XI: Valles; Beller\u00edn, Natan, G\u00f3mez, Firpo; Fidalgo, Amrabat, Deossa; Antony, Lo Celso, Ez Abde (4-3-3)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Adri\u00e1n (GK), L\u00f3pez (GK), Fornals, \u00c1vila, Bakambu, Rodriguez, Riquelme, Roca, Isco, Busto<\/p>\n
Competition\/Round: 2025-26 La Liga, Matchday 37<\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Sunday, May 17, 2026, 9.15pm CET\/WAT (Barcelona), 8.15pm BST\/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3.15pm ET, 12.15pm PT (USA), 12.45am IST (India, Monday)<\/p>\n
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain<\/p>\n
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n
VAR: Iv\u00e1n Caparr\u00f3s Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n
On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports 1 (UK), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others<\/a><\/p>\n Online: ESPN+<\/a> (USA), Premier Sports Player (UK), FanCode (India), Movistar+ (Spain), others<\/a><\/p>\n We don\u2019t have a lot of rules here, but there are a few things to keep in mind when joining our matchday threads:<\/p>\n Even if the referee sucks or we lose the game, watch the swearing. It\u2019s just unnecessary. Also, don\u2019t discuss illegal streaming links. Those who do it will be warned, and those who post links will be instantly banned. Finally, be nice to each other. This is a Barcelona community and we don\u2019t need to offend one another.<\/p>\n Have fun with the game! Forever and ever, no matter the competition, VISCA EL BAR\u00c7A!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WELCOME TO CAMP NOU!!! The Greatest Stadium on Earth opens its doors for the last time in 2025\/26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,1771,667],"class_list":["post-25196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-match-threads","tag-barcelona-la-liga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}