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Probable lineups:<\/strong><\/p>\n Newcastle:<\/strong> Ramsdale; Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Ramsey, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga y Gordon. <\/p>\n FC Barcelona:<\/strong> Joan Garcia; Eric Garcia, Cubars\u00ed, Gerard Mart\u00edn, Jo\u00d2o Cancelo; Pedri, Married; Lamine Yamal, Ferm\u00edn Lopez, Rashford; and Lewandowski. <\/p>\n Arbitrator: <\/strong>Marco Guida (ITA). <\/p>\n Estadio:<\/strong> St James’ Park. <\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>21.00 hours.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n 22 years after their last confrontation at St Jame`s Park, the FC Barcelona visits English Newcastle<\/strong> in the match of first leg of the Champions League round of 16<\/strong> in a meeting where sports is mixed with non-sports<\/strong> after the exchange of accusations between Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez and Joan Laporta.<\/p>\n Bar\u00e7a He already assaulted the English fiefdom last September<\/strong> during the first day of the group stage (1-2) in a match without Lamine Yamal that had Marcus Rashford as its scoring star.<\/p>\n A little less than a week before the elections for the presidency of the Bar\u00e7a club are held with Joan Laporta and V\u00edctor Font, the former player and former cul\u00e9 coach has fully entered the campaign after accuse Laporta of having frustrated Leo Messi’s return to Bar\u00e7a in 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n On March 19, 2003, the last duel between the Spanish and English, Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez played 45 minutes of a group stage match that ended with Bar\u00e7a victory 0-2<\/strong>Barcelona’s only victory in the Newcastle fiefdom after two confrontations.<\/p>\n Before, in September 1997, also in a Champions League group stage match, the result was favorable to the British, who took the three points thanks to a hat-trick by Faustino Asprilla, while Luis Enrique and Luis Figo<\/strong>they closed the gap for Bar\u00e7a (3-2).<\/p>\n At the Camp Nou, FC Barcelona won both matches, the one from the 1997\/98 campaign 1-0, with a solitary goal from Giovanni Silva <\/strong>assisted by Pep Guardiola, and the <\/strong>the 2002\/03, with Louis van Gaal<\/strong> on the Bar\u00e7a bench, thanks to the 3-1 with goals from Dani Garc\u00eda, Kluivert and Motta.<\/strong><\/p>\n On those occasions, Leo Messi,<\/strong> object of the controversy was not on the field of play, but the shadow of the Bar\u00e7a legend seems to fly over the St Jame’s Par stadium<\/strong>k due to the controversy unleashed in which the president of the League Javier Tebas has also intervened, denying Xavi’s words.<\/p>\n \t\tTebas denies Xavi in \u200b\u200b’Estudio Estadio’: “That’s not true”<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n Laporta commented that Xavi’s words “hurt and surprised” him.<\/strong> although he has commented that “the facts give him peace of mind”, since they have shown that he did “what he had to do”, and he understands that he is hurt because “with the same players, Xavi lost and Flick wins”, after regretting that the Terrassa coach has “let himself be used” by Font<\/strong>second in the 2021 elections and the only candidate to unseat Laporta.<\/p>\n He has also spoken about it Hansi Flick<\/strong>although without giving too many details. The German stated at a press conference that he and Xavi “are colleagues” and that he knows “the truth”, although he preferred not to delve into the matter. <\/p>\n On a purely sporting level, Marcus Rashford has options to start<\/strong>although now Lamine Yamal seems untouchable and perhaps the one who needs a break is Raphinha. Robert Lewandowski also points to ownership<\/strong> to the detriment of Ferran Torres.<\/p>\n Not many more changes are expected in the eleven of Hansi Flick who continues to take care of Gavi, hoping to be able to count on him soon and who will be in Newcastle pending his medical discharge. The German coach also has the casualties of Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kound\u00e9 and Alejandro Balde<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Probable lineups: Newcastle: Ramsdale; Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Ramsey, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga y Gordon. 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