It follows the bad series of the Barça of "Struggle" in the starts of year

Luis Enrique and the FC Barcelona always confront face to face with challenges and statistical to which sobreponerse. In this occasion, however, the milestone to surpass a negative series that carry suffering during the last seasons could not attain, because of the defeat suffered against the Athletic of Bilbao in The Cathedral of Saint Mamés (2-1).

Already they are four the parties that the culés have contested to domicile in these last ten years like inaugural party of the year, and in any of them have achieved to impose to his rivals. In fact, with Luis Enrique to the control have fallen a tie and two defeats in the three starts of year with the technician blaugrana in the bench.

In front of the Real Sociedad and the RCD Espanyol, the blaugrana could not surpass to his rivals. In Anoeta, in the 2014-2015, lost one to zero and opened a deep crisis that finish with to the dismissal of Zubizarreta and a "triplete" in the pocket at the end of the course. In Cornellà The-Prat the thing was distinct, when achieving add a point after empatar to zero in the derbi Catalan.

The last party contested out of house at the beginning of year dates of the 2006-2007, when the FC Barcelona empató in front of the Getafe in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. A stadium like Saint Mamés was the perfect stage to put end to the statistics, but could not be possible. From now, the ones of Luis Enrique will have to centre in the next commitments.

Starts of season for the FC Barcelona

• 2016/17 Athletic - Barça (Glass) 2-1
• 2015/16 Espanyol - Barça (Glass) 0-0
• 2014/15 Real Sociedad - Barça (League) 1-0
• 2013/14 Barça - Elche (League) 4-0
• 2012/13 Barça - Espanyol (League) 4-0
• 2011/12 Barça - Osasuna (Glass of Rey) 4-0
• 2010/11 Barça - Raise (League) 2-1
• 2009/10 Barça - Villarreal (League) 1-1
• 2008/09 Barça - Mallorca (Lliga) 3-1
• 2007/08 Barça - Alcoyano (Glass of Rey) 2-2
• 2006/07 Getafe - Barça (League) 1-1