WELCOME TO CAMP NOU!!! The Greatest Stadium on Earth in the capital of Catalunya opens its doors for the first time for a competitive match this season as reigning back-to-back champions Barcelona begin the home portion of their La Liga campaign against historic rivals Athletic Club. This should be fun, and you\u2019re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!<\/p>\n
Starting XI: Joan; Eric, Cubars\u00ed, Mart\u00edn, Espart; Ferm\u00edn, Bernal, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Gordon (4-3-3)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Szczesny (GK), Aller (GK), Christensen, Kounde, Cancelo, Balde, Rodri, Fari\u00f1as, Olmo, Adeyemi, Hamza<\/p>\n
Starting XI: Sim\u00f3n; Rinc\u00f3n, Yeray, Laporte, Johaneko; Jauregizar, Canales; I. Williams, Sancet, N. Williams; Guruzeta (4-2-3-1)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Padilla (GK), Paredes, Berenguer, Areso, Galarreta, Adama, Rego, Maroan, Navarro, Gere, Djal\u00f3, Monreal<\/p>\n
Competition\/Round: 2026-27 La Liga, Matchday 1<\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Thursday, August 27, 2026, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST\/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Friday)<\/p>\n
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain<\/p>\n
Referee: Miguel \u00c1ngel Ortiz Arias<\/p>\n
VAR: Jorge Figueroa V\u00e1zquez<\/p>\n
On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports 2 (UK), SuperSport (Nigeria), others<\/a><\/p>\n Online: ESPN+<\/a> (USA), Premier Sports Player (UK), FanCode (India), DAZN (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 in the capital of Catalunya opens its doors for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,1771,667],"class_list":["post-76802","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\/76802","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=76802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}