After months of hypothesis, Barcelona have that they received’t be capable to host their opening house sport at Camp Nou this weekend.
With the membership slated to tackle Valencia on Sunday, Barcelona have confirmed that the sport shall be performed at Estadi Johan Cruyff.
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This comes after the membership failed to realize the required grant to host the match at Camp Nou whereas Montjuic was unavailable owing to a Publish Malone live performance.
Estadi Johan Cruyff to make historical past
As reported by , Johan Cruyff Stadium will make historical past this weekend by changing into the stadium with the bottom capability to host a La Liga sport, a minimum of on this century.
This refers to matches the place a full crowd was allowed, as Actual Madrid, through the pandemic, did play on the 5,700-seater Alfredo Di Stefano stadium.
Estadi Johan Cruyff, to that finish, has a capability of 6,000, thus changing into the stadium with the bottom capability to host a La Liga sport.
Estadi Johan Cruyff will host Barcelona vs Valencia. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)
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Till now, the stadium with the bottom capability to host a La Liga sport was Ipurua, the house of Eibar, who debuted within the first division through the 2014/15 marketing campaign with a capability of 6,267.
SD Huesca’s stadium, El Alcoraz, had a capability of 5,000 spectators, but it surely was elevated to eight,000 following the membership’s promotion to the top-flight within the 2018/19 marketing campaign.
So far as this season is anxious, the Coliseum of Getafe has the bottom capability, working with a full capability of simply 11,000 as a consequence of renovation works.
Nonetheless, Barcelona have their job reduce out as they appear to make Johan Cruyff match-ready by Sunday – a course of that might contain the set up of VAR cameras, amongst different issues.
As of yesterday night, there was minimal exercise seen across the stadium premises, although the works are anticipated to hurry up as we speak.