Barcelona may still finish second in La Liga behind Real Madrid, ahead of Sevilla and Atletico Madrid. With five games left in the season, RCD Mallorca is attempting to avoid relegation. Barcelona will meet RCD Mallorca at the Nou Camp a day after Real Madrid won La Liga. At either end of the league table, both clubs have a lot to play for.
Real Madrid’s victory yesterday ended Barcelona’s limited chances of winning La Liga, but the Catalan club still has motivation to finish the season strongly.
The Blaugrana can still finish second behind Los Blancos and qualify for the UEFA Champions League. They are now in third place, one point behind Sevilla, who have played one more game. Xavi’s team is two points behind Atletico Madrid.
With a tie against Cadiz on Friday night, Sevilla moved up to second position, according to Firstpost. Mallorca is struggling to avoid relegation at the other end of the standings. With five games remaining, Mallorca is only two points ahead of Granada, the most relegation-threatened team. Barcelona and Mallorca’s respective teams have received some good news. Martin Braithwaite and Oscar Mingueza have both tested positive for Covid-19, so they will be unavailable for the match. Sergi Roberto, Sergino Dest, and Pedri are also unavailable.
Jaume Costa, Aleksandar Sedlar, and Dominik Greif will be absent from the Mallorca squad. SportsMole has confirmed that Vedat Muriqi would be unavailable due to suspension. Barcelona and Mallorca’s expected lineups Ter Stegen; Alves, Araujo, Pique, Alba; F de Jong, Busquets, Gavi; Dembele, Aubameyang, Torres; Aubameyang, Torres Rico; Maffeo;
Memphis Depay, a Dutch-born Ghanaian attacker, and his Barcelona teammates took a vacation from the rigors of La Liga on Thursday by sharing a BBQ, according to Sports Brief. Depay and his mates dined al fresco because the Catalan team isn’t in play until Sunday’s Primera Division match against Mallorca at Camp Nou.
After a bite to eat, the Netherlands striker was all grins with Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, and Ferran Torres. Manager Xavi Hernandez and club Barcelona president Joan Laporta were also present at the squad bonding session.
