The Catalans will play on a Monday for the first time in the 2022-2023 season and will receive Girona at Camp Nou.
He FCBarcelona He continues to make strides in the fight to win LaLiga and his game is matchday 28 of the championship scheduled for this Monday, April 10, 2023 and can extend his lead at the top of the standings by 15 points if they beat Girona, whom the Catalans have never beaten in an official game.
Why is Barcelona vs. played on Monday? Girona of LaLiga 2022-2023
This is the first Monday that Xavi Hernández’s team has to play a game in this 2022-23 season, but not the first in recent times. Usually the teams playing in European competitions don’t play on Mondays, but Barça are already eliminated from the Europa League and are likely to play on this day and LaLiga took the opportunity to place the Catalan derby as this Easter Monday is a holiday in Catalonia .
The last time Barça had to play on a Monday was on March 15, 2021, when the Catalans won 4-1 against Huesca. That day they marked Leo Messi (2), Antoine Griezmann and Óscar Mingueza, while Rafa exchanged Mir for Huesca. He also last played in September 2021 against Granada, drawing 1-1.
Before that game against Huesca, the Barça team had not played a league game against on Monday since August 29, 2011. villarreal. On August 17, 2015, a Monday was also played, although that game matched the Super Cup Spain (1-1 vs athletics club)
That game against Villarreal in 2011 ended 5-0 for the Barça team with goals from Thiago Alcántara, Cesc Fábregas, Alexis Sánchez and a brace from Leo Messi. The previous season had also been played on a Monday and it was no less than Camp Nou Clásico against Real Madrid, a historic match as the Blaugrana won 5-0. Xavi, Pedro, Jeffren and a double by Villa gave Guardiola’s team the victory over Mourinho’s.
The other precedents of the last twenty years of matches played on Monday are a Barça-Sporting (31/08/09) that ended 3-0 with goals from Bojan, Keita and Ibrahimovic, and a Celta-Barça (28 /08/06 ) with a 2-3 win and goals from Samuel Eto’o, Leo Messi and Gudjohnsen.
The football war in Spain, involving the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), LaLiga and the Higher Sports Council (CSD), has several sides. One of them is the one that relates to Monday. The body chaired by Luis Rubiales He is categorically against playing on the first day of the week, the exact opposite of the one he directs javier thebes. But the head of the Council, Irene Lozano, sided with the latter in this case. That’s why Barcelona plays this Monday, a rule that applies to all teams First Division.
Source: Goal