Luis Enrique and the FC Barcelona always confront face to face with challenges and statistical to which sobreponerse. In this occasion, the milestone that want to exceed the Barcelona is to surpass a negative series that have suffered in the last ten seasons. More specifically, regarding the corresponding duels to the first crash of the year.
The culés have contested three meetings to domicile in these ten previous 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 caido a tie and a defeat in the two starts of year with the technician blaugrana in the bench.
In front of the Real Sociedad and the RCD Espanyol, the culés 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 achieved add a point after empatar to zero in the derbi Catalan.
In front of the Athletic Club, to break the series
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 is the perfect stage to put end to the statistics.
Starts of season for the FC Barcelona
- 2015/16 Espanyol - Barça (League) 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