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The Barcelona XI is in: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Eric, Christensen, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Gavi, Pedri; Dembele, Lewandowski, Raphinha Lineups are announced.

Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Barcelona's best chance in the opening 20 minutes as both wingers link up. Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Sergio Camello (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Óscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Pedri (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

FC Barcelona will have all but one of their star acquisitions this summer when they host Rayo Vallecano in the start of the 2022/23 La Liga season during ...

10th min.: Quiet start to this one until Raphinha makes a run into the right side of the Rayo box and goes down on a challenge from the left back. 1st min.: Rayo kick off and they're aggressive from the start with a direct ball, and they're pressing high. 45th min.: Jordi Alba makes a key defensive intervention in the box to clear a cross that was heading to Rayo's Isi Palazon. Five minutes of stoppage time. He doesn't give them a chance to finish out the play and the bench is livid. Barcelona are aggressive, with and without the ball. He tried to make the best of a poor Raphinha cross in the first half, and then he had a chance to be the hero with six minutes remaining, but he could not contort his body quickly enough to take advantage of a rebound allowed by the Rayo 'keeper. That was the best chance of the game. 52nd min.: Another chance for Rayo! Sergio Camello runs onto a ball into space and it's chaos in the Barcelona defense. The Dutch do-it-all player gave Barcelona a lift when he came off the bench to play midfield. To add insult to injury, captain Sergio Busquets was sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card after a high arm in the face of Rayo's Falcao. Lewandowski was the prize catch of the summer for Barcelona, and he was supposed to help resolve matches like these with opponents interested only in defending and countering. And there are plenty more of these matches left on the calendar.

Barcelona are set to kickstart their 2022/23 campaign later this evening as they play hosts to Rayo Vallecano in the season opener.

However, Barcelona have not given up their pursuit of a new right-back just yet. Moreover, Barcelona are unlikely to prioritise a move for any new player before they sort out their player registration ahead of the new season. He has also had difficulties integrating himself into Xavi’s tactical setup.

Barcelona kicked off their La Liga campaign vs Rayo Vallecano tonight in front of a near-sold out Camp Nou. Three new signings in the form of Robert ...

The Pole could have won a penalty in any other league, but it was not to be with La Liga’s referees. His off-the-ball runs caught Rayo off-guard often, and he even forced a solid save from Stole Dimitrievski. Garcia, on the contrary, was rather careless. Eventually, he was sent off in injury time. Christensen had the best game of all debutants tonight. Araujo started as a right-back, and looked unsurprisingly out of his depth in possession.

Barcelona were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Rayo Vallecano as a summer of uncertainty off the pitch spilled over into their LaLiga opener at Camp Nou on Saturday. Barca's frustration was then amplified in stoppage time when Sergio Busquets ...

Another of the new signings, Raphinha, then had Barcelona's clearest chance of the first half to break the deadlock. It's a shame because we wanted to show the fans that we're on a good path. "We will have to analyse the game, improve and keep believing in the model of play.

Barça had a slow start to the game thanks in large part to Rayo, who came to Camp Nou with a solid gameplan and frustrated the Blaugrana attack with intense, ...

This was the first game with a new squad against a very good Rayo side, and there were several positives to take from this one. Lewandowski nearly scored a brilliant winner and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang almost found the net with his first touch off the bench, but Rayo continued to survive in the dying moments. The second half started with a big chance for Rayo missed by Camello, but that was the only dangerous attack from the visitors in the final period.

Midfielder Franck Kessie, defender Andreas Christensen and forwards Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha are now available to face Rayo Vallecano, though Jules ...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 - 12:18 GMT Sat, 13 Aug 2022 - 12:18 GMT Reuters

FC Barcelona have recently managed to register four of their new signings in the form of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie ...

The Spanish journalist suggests Barcelona continue to harbour the hopes of signing Silva this month. According to David Bernabeu Reverter, Barcelona are keeping close tabs on Bernardo Silva as well. The players have been registered just in time for the club’s season opener against Rayo Vallecano later this evening.