The players of the FC Barcelona and the staff of Hansi Flick They are on vacation these days, recharging their batteries and taking a breath for a 2026 full of challenges. A year that will begin with a frenetic month of January in a Barça key since those of Flick They will play up to four different competitions in just 25 days and in the best of cases, if they reach the final of the Spanish Super Cup, there will be a total of 8 games. And all of this is framed in a few weeks in which the club will have to decide whether to go to the market or not to make up for the absence of Andreas Christensen due to injury.
The first commitment will be on Saturday, January 3 outside of Barcelonain Cornellà-El Pratwhere they will be measured at RCD Espanyol (9:00 p.m.) in a match corresponding to matchday 18 of LaLiga. As soon as the duel against the blue and white is over, Barça will go into Super Cup mode and travel to Saudi Arabia to play the semifinal against the Athletic Club on Wednesday, January 7 (8:00 p.m.). If the blaugrana beat the lions they will play the final against the winner of the other ‘semi’ between Atlético y Real Madrid. The title match will be on Sunday the 11th (8:00 p.m.).
Barça’s calendar in January
January 3 (Laga, J18): RCD Spanish-Barça (21.00 h.)
January 7 (Super Cup, semi-final): Barça-Athletic Club (8:00 p.m.)
January 11 (Super Cup, possible final)
January 13-15 (Copa del Rey, round of 16): Rival to be determined
January 18 (LaLiga, J20): Real Sociedad-Barça (9:00 p.m.)
January 21 (Champions, J7): Prague-Barça Slavia (21.00 h.
January 25 (LaLiga, J21): Barça-Real Oviedo
January 28 (Champions, J8): Barça-Copy (21.00 h.)
With the joy of the victory or the sadness of not having been able to lift the trophy, the Blaugrana will have to immediately turn their gaze towards the Copa del Rey. That week, between Tuesday the 13th and Thursday the 15th, the round of 16 will be played, against an opponent that those of us still do not know. Flick but they do know that it will be far from home and of a lower category (Sports, Cultural, Racing, Albacete, Burgos o Granadaif the Nasrid team beats Rayo).
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And again, without time to stop and reflect, I change the chip. It will be to play a LaLiga match in Anoeta, against Real Sociedad, on Sunday, January 18 (9:00 p.m.). Once the duel against the Donostiarra team has been overcome, who will have their new coach against Barçathe challenge of entering the top eight in the Champions League will come. First on Wednesday the 21st with the visit to the Prague Slavia (9:00 p.m.), and the following week hosting Copenhagen on the last day (Wednesday 28, 9:00 p.m.). Between the two European parties, the Real Oviedo will visit a Spotify Camp Nou that could already have the license to host around 62,000 spectators.
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