Barcelona will kick off their residence LaLiga marketing campaign in entrance of 6,000 followers at their coaching floor stadium after Camp Nou renovation delays left the Spanish giants successfully homeless. The membership introduced on Tuesday that they may face Valencia on the Johan Cruyff Stadium on Sunday, a modest venue at their Sant Joan Despi coaching amenities on the outskirts of Barcelona.
The transfer to stage their fourth LaLiga sport this season there comes after the enduring Camp Nou renovation fell 9 months delayed, forcing the membership to discover a momentary resolution. The cramped 6,000-seat venue required LaLiga to grant Barca a particular exemption from competitors guidelines requiring first-division golf equipment to have a minimal capability of 15,000 seats.
League technicians have spent the previous week inspecting the Johan Cruyff Stadium amenities and demanding important changes, together with VAR digicam installations. Barca had desperately hoped to return to a reduced-capacity Camp Nou with 27,000 spectators, however didn’t receive the mandatory permits from Barcelona Metropolis Council.
The choice Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, the place they’ve been staging their video games for the previous couple of seasons with the bottom attendance of their current historical past, was dominated out after a Publish Malone live performance left the pitch in poor situation.
“The Membership is working intensively to acquire the mandatory administrative permits for the opening of the Spotify Camp Nou stadium within the close to future. Due to this fact, the match will in the end be performed on the Estadi Johan Cruyff,” the membership mentioned in an announcement. “FC Barcelona thanks its members and followers for his or her understanding and assist throughout the advanced but thrilling strategy of returning to the brand new Spotify Camp Nou. The Membership will quickly present info on all particulars relating to match group and ticketing.”
The disaster leaves Barcelona, coming off a LaLiga title and powerful Champions League run, as a membership and not using a residence with the season already beneath means.