Elche vs FC Barcelona: Match preview | La Liga | OneFootball

The official La Liga season has already kicked off, and it now time for FC Barcelona to kick off their campaign as well. The defending champions have had a chance to reinforce the squad, and will now be looking to defend their title this season.

A third consecutive La Liga title would be historic for this young team under Hansi Flick, but they will need to be at their very best to make it happen. As for their first challenge in their quest for the league title, Barça will be taking on Elche away from home.

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Ahead of the match itself, Hansi Flick has already confirmed that certain players will be available for this fixture while a key new signing will likely not be ready just yet. Fortunately, this Barcelona team has enough quality to get through this challenge right now.

However, there is a limitation of sorts that should be addressed heading into the game. Unlike Barcelona, Elche have already played their first game of the new La Liga season and will be taking on Barça as their second opponents in their league campaign.

Still, Hansi Flick’s team will not be looking to make excuses in this game and will instead be doing their best to get all three points. With several other opponents in the league already having won their first games, La Blaugrana will not want to be left behind in that regard.

As for Elche, they drew their first league game and will be looking for a better result this time around. At the very least, they will want to match their previous result and pick up a point here if possible as well, so Flick’s team will want to be prepared to play against a more pragmatic team if that is the kind of match that takes shape.

In terms of the personnel that will be available for this game, Flick has already given an indication of sorts ahead of the match itself. It will now be interesting to see just how the German tactician lines up his first starting eleven of the new season.