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Ronald Koeman would of course like to liven up his first season as head coach of FC Barcelona with silverware, so the away match against Granada in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey is of enormous importance for the Catalans. However, Granada is once again having a great season, so the Andalusians will undoubtedly sell their skin dearly at Los Carmenes.
Granada:
Granada is working hard this season. During their European baptism of fire, Los Nazaries immediately managed to overwinter in the Europa League, and with a provisional eighth place in LaLiga are again a serious candidate for European football. In addition, they can still dream of success in the Copa del Rey, after they already managed to reach the semi-finals of the Spanish cup tournament last season.
Yet things have not been going so well with Granada in recent weeks. The red and white suffered a point loss in no less than five of their last six league matches, including last month’s 0-4 defeat against FC Barcelona and last weekend’s 0-0 draw at home against Celta de Vigo. In addition, Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera, one of trainer Diego Martinez’s key players, tested positive for corona this week. So these are difficult times for the club that was still active in the Segunda Division until three years ago.
Barcelona:
At FC Barcelona it was once again bumblebee this week. El Mundo, the Spanish newspaper that previously reported on the news that the Catalans are deeply in financial trouble, this time managed to uncover the salary of Lionel Messi. The Argentinian star is said to have signed a four-year contract worth more than 555 million euros in 2017. And to boost sales even further, the newspaper wrapped the news in such a way that it almost seemed as if Messi was personally responsible for the Blaugrana’s financial decline. Messi is of course not happy with that, and has already said that he has already taken the newspaper to court.
You can argue about whether Messi doesn’t get paid too much, but of course he also brings a lot of sponsors to the club. In any case, the number ten showed last weekend that you should not anger him, because in the 2-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao he signed with a golazo for his 650th (!) Goal in the shirt of FC Barcelona. Since the defeat against Juventus in the Champions League at the beginning of December, the Catalans have lost only one more time. Ronald Koeman’s formation has even moved up to second place in LaLiga, although it is unlikely that it will catch up with league leaders Atletico Madrid. That makes the Copa del Rey all the more important, of course, because the Spanish cup tournament, together with the Champions League, is one of the last chances to still take medal this season. It is therefore expected that FC Barcelona will appear at the kick-off with largely the well-known names.
Granada CF vs Barcelona head to head matches
09.01.21 LL Granada CF Barcelona 0 : 4
19.01.20 LL Barcelona Granada CF 1 : 0
21.09.19 LL Granada CF Barcelona 2 : 0
02.04.17 LL Granada CF Barcelona 1 : 4
29.10.16 LL Barcelona Granada CF 1 : 0