What if it was the right one for Barcelona? Announced as favorites last season, the Catalans had dropped against Inter Milan after a memorable double confrontation (7-6 for the Italians in the cumulative score). Barça thus launches its European campaign with the hope of climbing this time to the final. It will still be necessary to succeed in this perilous displacement against the English in Newcastle.
Orphan of its Lamine Yamal prodigy due to pubalgia, FC Barcelona will nevertheless be able to count on its serial scorers Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha to try to win outside. But also on Marcus Rashford. The former Manchester United striker has already marked five times and sent four assists in 15 games against the residents of St. James' Park. For Newcastle, the stakes are high. How will the new Magpies attack on the summer recruit on summer recruit at 85 million euros Nick Woltemade?
Newcastle-Barcelona, probable combos
Newcastle: Pope – Trippier, Schär, Botman, Livramento – Jelinton, Guimaraes, Tonali – Elaga, Woltemade, Gordon.
Barcelona: Joan Garcia – Koundé, Cubarsi, Christensen, Gerard Martin – De Jong, Pedri – Raphinha, Fermin Lopez, Rashford – Lewandowski.
How to see the match live and streaming?
The start of the 1st day match of the Champions League between Newcastle and Barcelona will be given this Thursday, September 18 at 9 p.m. Thursday. The meeting will take place in St James' Park (52,000 places) and will be directed by the Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg. This shock will be broadcast live and exclusively on Canal+ Foot, a chain also accessible in streaming on the MyCanal platform for subscribers.
