FC Barcelona faces FC Porto this Tuesday evening, for the 5th day of the Champions League group stage (9 p.m.). Here is the essential information on this match.
“It’s a very important, vital match. In case of victory we would ensure that we finish first, after two years without being able to qualify for the eighth.”. Xavi did not beat around the bush when approaching the issue of this 5th group match for Barça. The Catalan club has the same number of points as its evening opponent, Porto, which it is only ahead of thanks to a better goal difference. Barça will therefore have no room for error this Tuesday evening if it wants to maintain its first place.
Xavi’s tone also reflects the slow period of the Catalan club, which has a series of poor performances and is falling into line in La Liga. “We are no longer at the level we were at a month and a half or two months ago (…) We must redouble our efforts, regain our high pressing, our positional play and our winning mentality, and be more compactunderlined Xavi. We need to be more focused. We offered many things (to opponents) this season. Last year we didn’t give up anything and that’s why we got better results”. Fragility, the Barça coach will be the first name scrutinized in this match.
The expected compositions
Barcelona : Peña – Cancelo, Araujo, Koundé, Baldé – Gündogan, de Jong, Pedri – Raphinha, Lewandowski, Félix.
Port : Costa – Mario, Pepe, Carmo, Sanusi – Galeno, Varela, Eustaquio, Aquino – Evanilson, Taremi.
Where to watch the game ?
This Champions League match between FC Barcelona and FC Porto will be broadcast this Tuesday evening on beIN SPORTS 1, from 9 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the group’s streaming platform, beIN Connect.
