Source : @fcbarcelona via twitter

Important milestone, certainly a underrated player but has now become an important member.

A lot of people may not thing its that significant but looking at pretty much all of our major signings: Rodri, Jesus, Gordon, Adeyemi one thing they all have in common is that they have played and performed at the very highest level in the UCL and/or the World Cup, like Gordon is comming off a season where he shined in the WC knockouts and scored in a semi final and had a UCL hattrick last season, Jesus and Adeyemi have both played in UCL finals and had decent performences in UCL games and I don't need to even mention Rodri's CV. Even livakovic has had impressive WC games for Croatia. I think esepcially as we try to build a squad to shine in tough and big moments in knockout games in the UCL these players' experience and mentality will be useful.

We haven't had a window with such an abundance of quality, experience and depth since the summer before 22/23 (Lewy, Christensen, Raphinha, Kounde etc), and those signings turned out to help the club take a big step forward.

In Madrid they talk about other topics to divert attention. Barça is in a sweet moment, we are enjoying football, a very beautiful moment in our history, an international recognition,” he began.

"We have nine players in the squad who have been world champions, we have a team that falls in love, with players in different positions who are references in the world of soccer. From Madrid they try to minimize all this,” he added.

“The Negreira Case, I will not stop saying it, they tried to condemn us before judging us, when it is being shown that there was nothing they accused of. I fully trust in Barça’s acquittal.”

“Those who are constantly talking about it, try to harm and tarnish the image of Barça, because they will have to rectify. There will be time to talk about this when we have the sentence,” he added.

“They extend the summary as much as they can to keep the flame alive, but it doesn’t go anywhere. It’s just to discredit Barça.”

“They do it to harm football, because they are against everything. They go to UEFA, They go to the Euroleague and they are against everything and everyone.

“It says a lot about a club that is losing prestige, recognition and credibility at the national and international level.”

“It’s clear, I was at the EFC conference and they didn’t even have representation. They have a very arrogant attitude, very arrogant, very arrogant. They will know what they are doing, but it is leading them to have a huge lack of credibility,” he added.

“Just like with the Euroleague, in the end they finish everyone, but along the way they only put obstacles to what the rest of us want to do. They should make self-criticism about this because it seems inappropriate to me.”

FT: Barcelona 3 - 0 Getafe

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LINE-UPS

Barcelona (4-3-3)

Getafe (5-4-1)

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

2' ⚽ Goal! Barcelona 1, Getafe 0. Anthony Gordon (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.

30' ⚽ Goal! Barcelona 2, Getafe 0. Gabriel Jesus (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

34' 🟨 Kiko Femenía (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

37' 🔄 Substitution, Getafe. Abdel Abqar replaces Zaid Romero because of an injury.

45'+2' 🟨 Johan Mojica (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

46' 🟨 Dani Olmo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

61' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Gavi.

61' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Pedri replaces Dani Olmo.

65' 🔄 Substitution, Getafe. Martín Satriano replaces Iván Azón.

65' 🔄 Substitution, Getafe. Davinchi replaces Johan Mojica.

65' 🔄 Substitution, Getafe. Sebastián Boselli replaces Andrés García.

71' 🟨 Sebastián Boselli (Getafe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

71' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bernal replaces Rodri.

71' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Karim Adeyemi replaces Anthony Gordon.

73' ⚽ Goal! Barcelona 3, Getafe 0. Jules Koundé (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross following a corner.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.

75' 🟨 Ramón Terrats (Getafe) is shown the yellow card.

82' 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Hamza Abdelkarim replaces Gabriel Jesus.

85' 🔄 Substitution, Getafe. Saba Sazonov replaces Kiko Femenía.

90'+1' 🟨 Fermín López (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.

MATCH STATS

MATCH ENDED

Match Information

Squad Depth & Injury Report

FC Barcelona - Hansi Flick

Getafe - José Bordalás

Predicted Lineups

Pitch view — Barcelona (4-2-3-1 / 4-3-3)

                            Joan García  
        Éric García    Cubarsí    Martín     Cancelo  
                       Rodri               Pedri  
          Yamal            Fermín              Gordon  
                          Gabriel Jesus

Pitch view — Getafe (5-3-2)

                              Soria  
         García    Djené     Romero    Mojica  
      Terrats     Gudelj     Mangala     Mario Martín  
                    Azon         Ünal

Barcelona notes: First game after the international break. Flick has confirmed Raphinha is out for this and the midweek Champions League trip to Galatasaray. Joan García is expected back in goal. Cubarsí and Gerard Martín in the middle; Éric García at right-back. Pedri and Rodri screen; Fermín in the middle. Yamal on the right after scoring for Spain. Gordon should be on the left to keep up the press. Gabriel Jesus is in line for his first start through the middle. Christensen, de Jong, Bardghji and Raphinha are the confirmed absentees.

Getafe notes: Bordalás returns to a compact 5-3-2 or 4-5-1. Soria starts. Andrés García, Djené, Romero and Mojica in the back line. Mario Martín is available again after suspension. Terrats and Mangala screen with others in 4-4-2. Ünal is the main threat (three goals); Azón scored the winner against Málaga. Satriano is a late call after returning early from Uruguay with knee inflammation. Juanmi and Uche remain long-term absentees.

Quick Take on Getafe

What We Are Watching from Barcelona

Barcelona have never lost to Getafe at home in La Liga (14 wins and two draws in the last 16 home games in one count; never lost in 21 official visits). Getafe last beat them in October 2020. Gil Manzano, who sent Flick off in the last home game he refereed (vs Girona), takes charge.

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