WELCOME TO MESTALLA!!! The iconic home of Valencia is the site of a huge La Liga match between the hosts and Barcelona, who come into this one looking to extend their perfect start to the season and take sole possession of first place in the standings. This should be fun, and you\u2019re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!<\/p>\n
Competition\/Round: 2026-27 La Liga, Matchday 4<\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Sunday, September 6, 2026, 4.15pm CET (Barcelona), 3.15pm BST\/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 7.45pm IST (India)<\/p>\n
Venue: Mestalla, Valencia, Spain<\/p>\n
Referee: Isidro D\u00edaz de Mera Escuderos<\/p>\n
VAR: Alejandro Mu\u00f1iz Ruiz<\/p>\n
On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports 2 (UK), StarTimes (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 Join in with Barca Blaugranes match threads from your phone with the new SB Nation app. Commenting and interacting with your communities is easier than ever before with the Game Chat feature. The app is available currently in the U.S. on iOS and Android devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WELCOME TO MESTALLA!!! The iconic home of Valencia is the site of a huge La Liga match between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1771,667,95],"class_list":["post-81582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-valencia","tag-barcelona-match-threads","tag-barcelona-la-liga","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81582","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=81582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}