Pol Ballús
Barcelona Reporter at The Athletic
FC Barcelona correspondent @TheAthleticFC
Articles
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Pol Ballús
Barcelona are considering making a request to play their opening games of next season's La Liga away from home in order to give them more time for the Camp Nou to be ready to host matches. Sources at the club, speaking anonymously to The Athletic to protect their jobs, said they now expect the club to return to the Camp Nou in September this year, meaning any league games before then would have to be played elsewhere. If that is the case it would mean a 10-month delay to Barcelona's initial plans.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Pol Ballús
Hansi Flick stepped into the away dressing room at the Signal Iduna Park after the Champions League quarter-finals and all he could see was a hurt group of players. "There wasn't a great atmosphere there," the manager said during his post-match media duties. "But then I said 'Guys, it's time to cheer up, we are in the semi-finals of the Champions League and we have to celebrate it now!'".
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Pol Ballús
Wojciech Szczesny has described the goalkeeping situation at Barcelona as "delicate" after Andre ter Stegen returned to first-team training. Barca No 1 Ter Stegen underwent surgery after suffering a serious knee injury in September, which led to academy graduate Inaki Pena taking his place before 34-year-old Szczesny became head coach Hansi Flick's first choice in January.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Pol Ballús
Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde is a doubt for the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid after suffering an injury to his left hamstring. The left-back suffered the injury in Saturday's La Liga victory at Leganes, having to be replaced in the 41st minute by Gerard Martin.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Pol Ballús |Guillermo Rai
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has dismissed Osasuna's appeal regarding Inigo Martinez's eligibility to play in March's La Liga defeat to Barcelona. Osasuna had alleged that, according to FIFA regulations, Martinez was ineligible to play in the fixture after he withdrew from the Spain squad through injury.
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