would be included in the squad<\/a> for the Super Cup. The squad will return to training on Monday morning, with a recovery session starting at 09:30 am at the Ciutat Esportiva. Three hours later, **at 12:30 pm, the Bar\u00e7a delegation is scheduled to travel to Arabia**, landing in Jeddah around 6:00 pm CEST.<\/p> The players will conduct a pitch inspection and training session at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium<\/strong>, the venue for the first semifinal against Athletic<\/strong>, on Tuesday at 4:00 PM, just over a day before the match against the Basques (Wednesday the 7th at 8:00 PM CEST).<\/p> Around 3:15 PM on Tuesday, the pre-match press conference is scheduled, where Hansi Flick and a Bar\u00e7a player (to be determined) will address the media. The second Super Cup semi-final will be played on Thursday, January 08 at 8:00 PM, featuring the Madrid derby between Real and Atl\u00e9tico<\/strong>.<\/p> Barcelona’s Itinerary for the Spanish Super Cup<\/h3> \tTraining at the Ciutat Esportiva<\/strong>: Monday 05 at 09:30 h.<\/p> \t<\/li> \t \tReturn trip to Saudi Arabia<\/strong>: Monday 05 at 12:30 h.<\/p> \t<\/li> \t \tLanding in Jeddah<\/strong>: Monday 05 at 18:30 h.<\/p> \t<\/li> \t \tPre-match press conference for Bar\u00e7a-Athletic: Tuesday 06 at 15:15 h.<\/p> \t<\/li> \t
\tFirst training session<\/strong> at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium<\/strong>: Tuesday 06 at 16:00 h.<\/p> \t<\/li> \t \tFirst semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup<\/strong>, Barcelona vs Athletic<\/strong>: Wednesday 07 at 20:00 h at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (Movistar+).<\/p> \t<\/li> <\/ol> Bar\u00e7a arrives on a winning streak for the season’s first title<\/h2> Facing the Super Cup, Bar\u00e7a arrives at a great moment in the season to defend the crown obtained in the previous edition. Flick’s team has **9 consecutive victories in LaLiga and 7 straight wins in all competitions**, 6 of them with a 2-goal advantage.<\/p>
The only defeat for the Blaugrana in the last 13 matches was against Chelsea (3-0) and the Blaugrana team has now scored in 48 consecutive matches, at least 1 goal in domestic competitions<\/strong> (League, Cup, and Super Cup).<\/p> For their part, Athletic is coming off a draw in Pamplona on Saturday **against Osasuna (1-1) and has only won 1 of their last 5 matches** (0-1 against Ourense in the Copa). Ernesto Valverde’s team is having a rather lackluster season, with only 24 points and an eighth-place finish in LaLiga, and a disappointing Champions League group stage, outside the TOP-24 with just 5 points.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hansi Flick gave the Bar\u00e7a squad the day off this Sunday, prior to the trip to Arabia to play in the Spanish Super Cup. The Bar\u00e7a expedition will depart on Monday at 12:30 PM FC Barcelona began 2026 with a valuable victory against Espanyol (0-2) in Cornell\u00e0, but the squad already has its sights set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":87767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,445],"tags":[189,87],"class_list":["post-87753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-super-cup","category-spanish-super-cup-2","tag-fc-barcelona-vs-athletic-club","tag-hansi-flick"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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