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On Saturday morning, Xavi Hernández announced which 22 players he'll be choosing from as his side take on Rayo Vallecano in a 9.00pm CEST kick-off at Camp ...

MADRID, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona kicked off the new LaLiga season with a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Rayo Vallecano on Saturday night.

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The Catalans dominated the game and had 21 shots as opposed to Rayo's meagre four. Ansu Fati, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Sergio Busquets came very close ...

The pressure is now on Xavi to work out a solution. After the game, Andoni Iraola revealed that they had a special plan to neutralise Lewandowski’s threat. In 90 minutes, he made four saves to deny the Blaugranas a goal, including two from inside the box. The hosts had a staggering 21 shots on goal, including six on target. They dominated the game with close to 70% possession and had eight corner kicks. The season is long, and this is just the start.

The Catalans have no shortage of chances to get off to a winning start in La Liga 2022/23, but the visitors keep everything at bay and things end all square ...

And the two times they did, first for Robert Lewandowski in the first half and then for fellow debutant Franck Kessie in the second, the flag was up for offside. The chances started flowing thicker and faster, but time was running out. There was a mightily optimistic mood in all quarters of the Culer community in the build-up to this one.

FC Barcelona transfer news: Xavi is not sure what will happen at the transfer market as the Frenkie de Jong saga continues to roll on.

It remains to be seen how the De Jong transfer saga ends this summer. Meanwhile, despite interest from Chelsea and Man Utd, De Jong has publicly stated he wants to stay at the Catalan outfit. Xavi has however insisted that De Jong will be important for Barca if he stays at the club.

Frenkie de Jong was one of the few positive notes in FC Barcelona's debut in LaLiga against Rayo (0-0). Amid the rumors about his departure, the Dutchman ...

The accounts do not square and, with Jules Koundé for inscribing and Marcos Alonso very near to arrive, to Of Jong close him the doors of the staff, further of how much encourage for justifying his cost inside the field. Besides, him vió very precise filtering passes that allowed to drill the férreo labeling of a Ray that did a big party from the tactical. Without balloon, Of Jong also showed his commitment collaborating with the high pressure that so much asks Xavi Hernández, more in parties so trabados like the one of the Saturday, in where there are few spaces and ideas to look for solutions.

The FC Barcelona has debuted in LaLiga Santander 2022-2023 with feelings found. Although the Barcelona were protagonists in front of the Ray Vallecano, ...

It sent a finish inside the area, crusader, that no coló in the goal of miracle. Camel received the balloon in the area and recortó twice to beat to Ter Stegen and finish, but went a bit escorado and remained without seeing goal. From there, the Barça did with the keys of the party but without tarpaulin any. The Barça answered with three consecutive corners and, in the útimo, Raphinha looked for an olympic goal, but Dimitrievski took out of fists. The Brazilian showed precisely very incisive and participatory by the right, although it went changing of band constantly with 'Dembouz'. The three caused that the Barça went protagonist rondando the area of the Madrilenian constantly, but without hardly effectiveness. Finally, the Barça has had to conform with the tables in his stadium.

Jordi Alba justified the signing of Marcos Alonso with a toneless party in front of the Ray Vallecano (0-0). To the of L'Hospitalet saw him slow in the mark ...

It will be able to Jordi lidiar with his role of variant? Although it had to remove him a lot before to look for freshen the attack, Xavi Hernández left to Jordi Alba until the minute 82. Against the ones of Andoni Iraola, the one of L'Hospitalet was far to exhibit his usual desbordes that so much help to break lines and create played of danger in parties so trabados like the one of the debut suspender belt.

Of the five new additions to the FC Barcelona squad, four got to play in Saturday's Liga opener against Rayo Vallecano. Robert Lewandowski, Andreas Christensen ...

After registering all the new signings, excluding Koundé, Barça are now going for their last two targets, Marcos Alonso and Bernardo Silva. The club has managed to secure the majority of their targets but it is not over yet. His buyout clause has been set at a billion euros.

With the draw against Rayo Vallecano on the first day of LaLiga, Xavi maintains his number of wins at the helm of Barça at 20, while his winning percentage is ...

Although it treats you grieve about the first day liguera, the first result has not satisfied the high expectations by part of some fans through the social networks. In spite of living a summer with important movements, the FC Barcelona has not been able to obtain his first victory in front of the Ray Vallecano. The directed by Xavi Hernández tried it, but could not break an equality that would keep to the end of the commitment. On the other hand, the journalist Alexis Martín-Tamayo 'MisterChip', has remembered that in the last 40 years there have been three trainers with numbers lower that the ones of Xavi to date.