WELCOME TO THE ESTADIO METROPOLITANO!!! The impressive home of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Spanish capital is the site of a gigantic La Liga clash between the hosts and Barcelona, who come into this one looking for a statement win in the title race. This should be all kinds of fun, and you\u2019re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!<\/p>\n
Starting XI: Joan; Fari\u00f1as, Cubars\u00ed, Mart\u00edn, Cancelo; Ferm\u00edn, Bernal, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Gordon (4-3-3)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Szczesny (GK), Livakovic (GK), Christensen, Campos, Eric, Balde, De Jong, Gavi, Tunkara, Adeyemi, Jesus, Hamza<\/p>\n
Starting XI: Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Grimaldo; Simeone, Barrios, Koke, Baena; Lee, \u00c1lvarez (4-4-2)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Musso (GK), Le Normand, Romeo, Dom\u00ednguez, Mart\u00ednez, Mendoza, Johnny, Ortiz, Hjulmand, Sorloth, Lookman, David<\/p>\n
Competition\/Round: 2026-27 La Liga, Matchday 12<\/p>\n
Date\/Time: Sunday, November 8, 2026, 9pm CET\/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Monday)<\/p>\n
Venue: Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas<\/p>\n
VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva<\/p>\n
On TV: ESPN Deportes (USA), Premier Sports 1 (UK), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others<\/a><\/p>\n Online: ESPN+<\/a> (USA), Premier Sports Player (UK), FanCode (India), Movistar+ (Spain), others<\/a><\/p>\n We don\u2019t have a lot of rules here, but there are a few things to keep in mind when joining our matchday threads:<\/p>\n Even if the referee sucks or we lose the game, watch the swearing. It\u2019s just unnecessary. Also, don\u2019t discuss illegal streaming links. Those who do it will be warned, and those who post links will be instantly banned. Finally, be nice to each other. This is a Barcelona community and we don\u2019t need to offend one another.<\/p>\n Have fun with the game! Forever and ever, no matter the competition, VISCA EL BAR\u00c7A!<\/p>\n Join in with Barca Blaugranes match threads from your phone with the new SB Nation app. Commenting and interacting with your communities is easier than ever before with the Game Chat feature. The app is available currently in the U.S. on iOS and Android devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WELCOME TO THE ESTADIO METROPOLITANO!!! The impressive home of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Spanish capital is the site…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[107441,1480,403,99],"class_list":["post-910491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-match-threads","tag-barcelona-la-liga","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}