Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Barcelona
Match Time & Date:
17/10/2021
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Valencia
All eyes will be on Camp Nou when Barcelona and Valencia take on each other in the La Liga round 9. The Catalan outfit continue to struggle without Leo Messi, who left the club in the summer, but the good news for Ronald Koeman is that both Ousmane Dembele and Kun Aguero have overcome their respective injuries. All Sergino Dest, Clement Lenglet, Pedri, Martin Braithwaite, and Moussa Wague are out of contention with injuries.
Los Che, on the other hand, are on a four-game winless run in La Liga, meaning that Barca will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. Teenage midfielder Gavi, who impressed in Spain’s win over Italy, will be one of the men to watch in the home team. Maxi Gomez is banned for the visitors, while all Jose Gaya, Thierry Correia, Carlos Soler, and Denis Cheryshev miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Gerard Pique):
Gerard Pique is a Spanish footballer who was born in Barcelona on 2 February, 1987. He is married to famous Colombian singer Shakira and they have two sons Milan and Sasha. Pique is a product of La Masia, the Barca’s youth academy, but he started his senior career at Manchester United.
He returned to his boyhood club in 2008 and he has been playing for the Catalan giants ever since. The 193-cm-tall footballer is a centre back who is good in the air. His main position is centre back, but he is capable of playing a defensive midfielder if needed. Pique won his sixth La Liga trophy with Barca in the 2015/2016 season and in 2008 he has three Champions League titles with the Catalan giants as well.
During his spell with Manchester United, Gerard Pique won the Premier League trophy (2007/2008) and he helped the Red Devils win the Champions League trophy the same season. Speaking of his international career, the Barcelona defender won the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Spain, while lifting the European Championship trophy two years later.
Highlighted Team (Valencia):
Founded on March 18, 1919, Valencia FC are a Spanish football club that compete in La Liga. Los Che play their home games at Estadio de Mestalla, the stadium which was opened back in May, 1923. The capacity of the venue is 50,000. Seeing that bats are quite common in Valencia, it is no surprise they are nicknamed the Bats.
Valencia made it to the Champions League final on two occasions (2000, 2001), but they were beaten in the title games by Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen respectively. The Spanish club, though, did well to win the UEFA Cup title in the 2003/2004 season, with the team beating Marseille in the final of the competition.
A number of top-class footballers were part of the club in the past, with the likes of Pablo Aimar, Ruben Baraja, David Albelda, Santiago Canizares, John Carew and Gaizka Mendieta all playing for the Estadio de Mestalla outfit. Valencia main colors are white and black, whilst they often where orange jerseys and shorts when playing on the travels.
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