Gerard Piqué, the Barcelona defender who has played the most games in the club's history (615), will play his last game at the Camp Nou this Saturday at 9pm against Almería after announcing on Thursday that he is leaving FC Barcelona. It will be Xavi Hernández who, talking to Piqué, will decide how and when he should say goodbye to the Camp Nou, either from the starting eleven or as a substitute.
The match between Barcelona and Almería, corresponding to the thirteenth day of LaLiga Santander, will be played this Saturday, November 5 at 9:00 p.m. The meeting can be seen on TV by DAZN and can also be followed live through the La Vanguardia website. Also check the rest of the results of the day, the classification and the calendar of the Santander League.
Under summary secrecy, the club prepares Gerard Piqué's farewell against the clock. Ignorance before the announcement of the center-back caught the club unexpectedly, which at a logistical level does not have the necessary time to create a banner or a mosaic. Yes, there will be a video to pay tribute to him on the scoreboards and some more tribute in small format by the animation stands. At the same time, the club would like to organize a press conference next Thursday at the Camp Nou to fire the footballer. It would be a joint press conference in which the president Joan Laporta would accompany the player. However, for the time being, Piqué would not be up for the task.
His last rival at the Camp Nou as a Blaugrana – he could travel to Pamplona on Tuesday to face Osasuna – will be Rubi's Almería, thirteenth in the table. It is the worst visitor in the competition, with only one point added away from Power Horse Stadium. Although he did not train yesterday, Xavi recovers Eric Garcia. Also to Christensen, but not to Koundé, who has not yet been discharged
At the Camp Nou, UD Almería wants to do what they never managed: score points, because in the seven visits they made to the Barça Coliseum -six in the League and one in the Cup- they were unable to overshadow Barcelona, who always came out on top. Now, the sensations that the Andalusian formation has been showing with the progress of the competition invite us to think of a competitive rival to face the penultimate league match before the break for the World Cup, which will not be effective until Sunday of next week after the Cup tie against Arenteiro.
The match played against Villarreal, the last one at home, and the second part of last Saturday at home against Celta, where the team gave the impression of taking the pulse of a competition with which this course after ascent. Rubi only has the doubt of whether Embarba will arrive in conditions, after retiring with problems against the team from Vigo, after working intensely in the sessions developed until Thursday.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Balde, Christensen, Pique, Dawn; Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Pedri; Dembele, Lewandowski and Raphinha.
Almeria: Fernando Martinez; Chumi, Kaiky, Ely, Babic, Akieme; Leo Baptistao, Caesar of the Sickle, Robertone, Ramazani; and El Bilal Toure.
Position: Barcelona (2nd, 31 points), Almería (13th, 13 points)
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes (Asturian Committee)
