PREVIEW | Athletic Club - Barça: La Liga returns | FC Barcelona
The 2019/20 league campaign begins this Friday (9.00pm CEST) with a historic Spanish football match: Athletic Club - Barça. In fact, Los Leones and the culers are the only teams, along with Real Madrid, who have never been relegated. Ernesto Valverde’s side will visit San Mamés on the first day of domestic competition looking for the first three points of the season.
Barca won’t risk Messi vs. Athletic - Valverde | ESPN
Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde says Lionel Messi will not be risked for the Spanish champions’ La Liga opener against Athletic Bilbao on Friday, with the Argentine not being included in the squad list.