Barcelona encounter problems with trip to Seville before facing Real Betis | OneFootball

FC Barcelona take on Real Betis at the Estadio de La Cartuja later today in Matchday 15 of La Liga, with kickoff scheduled at 18:30 local time.

The Blaugrana delegation had planned to travel to Seville this morning, but due to weather issues, the plane will take off one hour later than scheduled from El Prat Airport, reports SPORT.

Indeed, fog in Seville has prevented Barça from following the planned timetable. The initial idea was for the squad’s plane to leave the Catalan capital at 10:15 and land in the host city shortly before midday.

In the end, the take-off time was 11:30. It is now unclear which airport they will be able to use as their destination.

Although Seville remains the priority, other options such as Jerez or Malaga are also being considered.

In fact, Mundo Deportivo reports that initially, the plan was to travel to Malaga and then make the connection to Seville by road, a journey of about two hours.

But in the end, the delegation seems to have opted to fly to Jerez, which is closer to La Cartuja. Jerez is just over an hour from Barcelona’s team hotel in Seville, the Barcelo Sevilla Renacimiento.

At the same time, however, if weather conditions improve during the flight, the plane will change course and land in Seville directly.

The delay will mean Barça will arrive at their hotel around 4 p.m., with considerably less time than planned to rest before the match.

Barcelona go into the game without Dani Olmo, Ronald Araujo, Gavi, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The current La Liga leaders, however, have recovered Frenkie de Jong and Fermin Lopez, which will come as a boost for Hansi Flick.