Barcelona’s dressing room position regarding the friendly match in the United States

Barcelona will travel to Dallas to close out 2023

Immediately after the match against Almería, on Wednesday 20 December at 7:00 pm, with which FC Barcelona will conclude La Liga 2023, the players will travel to Dallas, USA, to play a friendly match against Mexico’s Club América at the Estadio Cotón. Paul Stadium, where the match against Juventus was played in the 2022 pre-season. The match will be held at 8pm in Dallas, and 3am in Spain. The club confirmed that immediately after the end of the local championship match, The Collies will take their bags and head to the American continent.

The friendly match will be an important economic respite for the club’s coffers, with Barcelona expected to earn around five million euros from this duel. However, from a sporting and physical point of view, it is not so clear-cut. The Blaugrana will have to make a long journey to and from the United States, all in less than 72 hours and after a huge demand for the match against Almeria. There will be no relief at all, and there are concerns that injuries and physical setbacks may occur.

Are the players unhappy with the friendly match?

They indicated this from the newspaper ‘SPORT’In the Barcelona dressing room, they did not take the fact that they had to travel to the United States for the friendly match very well.. With the demanding nature of the La Liga and Champions League schedule, as well as the national team’s rest periods, the rest the players received was minimal, if not non-existent. They are in a dangerous dynamic of matches every three or four days.

As happened on previous occasions with matches against Vissel Kobe and various friendly matches conducted by the club as an alternative way of generating income when there are no ongoing competitions, there is an ‘obligation’ on key players to play. Against Club América, although there will probably be many young players who will join the team, we will have to “drag” the stars. The Cotton Bowl Stadium will likely gather 90,000 fans waiting to see “the best” Barcelona.

Xavi and his staff were invited to develop a plan

It is an extreme and delicate situation that is understood only by the club’s need to generate income, but it leaves Xavi Hernandez, his coaching staff and the medical services in need of doses and a plan so that the physical consequences are minimal, especially since there will be two flights of 14 hours each. After that, there will be a few days off to celebrate Christmas, but the fact of playing an extra match, after such a busy schedule, This did not always leave the players very happy, according to SPORT.