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Barcelona star Osman Dembele has angered his teammate Gerard Pique during Barca's 0-1 loss to Athletic Bilbao in the first round of La Liga, a Spanish press report said on Saturday. According to the newspaper "Sport" Spanish, Pique was strongly angry at the defensive performance of Osman Dembele during the game, which came as the only goal of the game. Pique believes that Dembele did not play his defensive role to the fullest, and that the French winger was able to pressure better and prevented the Bilbao player from sending the cross from which the goal came. The newspaper pointed out that Pique made some criticism towards Dembele, during the celebration of Bilbao players goal. The Spanish defender's anger and criticism of Dembele continued until the end of the opponent's celebrations, while the French winger was unable to respond and turned his face to the other side. The Dutchman, who joined Barcelona this summer, continued the scene of Pique'

New leaks have revealed the identity of the winner of the 2018-2019 European Footballer of the Year award. According to the newspaper "Toto Sport", some leaks revealed the victory of Lionel Messi Barcelona star, the award of the best in Europe this year. She added that Messi got (252) points, surpassing the Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk, who came second with (224) points. Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo came in third with 181 points. On Thursday, UEFA announced the final list for the 2018-2019 European Footballer of the Year award. The list included Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool). Lionel Messi led Barcelona to the La Liga title, in addition to winning the La Liga top scorer, the Golden Boot for the best scorer in Europe, the Champions League top scorer, and qualified for Argentina for the Copa America semi-finals.

Barcelona have issued a statement on Saturday morning to reveal the extent of the injury suffered by Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez striker against Athletic Bilbao in the opening of La Liga yesterday. Suarez complained of pain in his right leg and was taken off the pitch and was replaced by Ravenna Alcantara. The official statement of Barcelona: "Luis Suarez underwent medical tests this morning, which confirmed his injury to the right leg muscle, and his return to participate linked to the extent of recovery." In the same context, the newspaper "Marka" Spanish, that Suarez's absence from the stadiums may extend between three and four weeks, and therefore will be his return to participate after the next international suspension. Barca were beaten 1-0 by Athletic Bilbao in San Mames' stronghold, to start the defending campaign in the worst possible way.

Liga champions Barcelona fell 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Friday evening in the opening match of the Primera Liga at the San Mames stadium. The only goal of the game scored veteran star, Ariz Adoriz, in the 89th minute from a distinct scissors kick. The home side started the game with an early threat, through striker Williams, who launched the ball from the middle of the stadium, and goalkeeper Ter Stegen stunned a powerful shot, which the German brilliantly turned it into a corner in the 9th minute. Williams continued his threat to the Catalan team's goal, sending a powerful shot from the left, and Ter Stegen was on time and saved the ball in the 16th minute. Despite the possession of the ball, but that was without any threat to the goal of Athletic Bilbao, and the owners were the most dangerous, especially in the reverse attack. Athletic Bilbao players continued their efforts against Ter Stegen, this time with a shot from outside the area by Unai Lopez, in the 30th

By Playfuls Team Barcelona's attempts have been threatened with total failure to negotiate the purchase of Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar da Silva at this summer's Mercato. The French newspaper L'Equipe said in a report that although the negotiations between the two clubs were not progressing on Thursday, club officials threw a final card: the possibility of integrating young Barcelona star Osman Dembele into the deal. The newspaper added that Barca officials left the French capital Paris on Tuesday night, and are highly convinced that Neymar's return to the ranks of the Catalan team seems complicated. She pointed out that there is a state of great pessimism in the Barcelona administration about the completion of the Neymar deal before September 2 (the end of Mercato). L'Equipe noted that Barcelona officials are now more than ever convinced that BSG management is not at all flexible in the negotiations, especially after Dembele was asked to be included

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has announced the squad to face Athletic Bilbao on Friday at the start of the Blaugrana in La Liga, to be played at the San Mames stadium. Argentine Lionel Messi was absent from the list, and Valverde quadrupled Tudebu, Arthur Melo, Musa Waggi and Vidal for technical reasons. The new deals featured Griezmann, Junior Verbo and Frenke de Jong, as well as youth team player Carles Perez. The list included 19 players: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitic, Busquets, Coutinho, Suarez, Dembele, Ravenna, Linglet, Griezmann, Alba, Alenia, Sergei Roberto, Frinky de Jong, Umtiti, Junior Ferbo, Inaki Pena, and Carles Perez.