Under-pressure Barcelona head coach Quique Setien says the club 'must recover' from an 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich eliminated them from the Champions League. "The team is really working hard and I'm working towards the first game. It certainly wouldn't be a surprise if Barcelona were to add to their lead. "The elections are in a year's time. 30/03/14: Barcelona 0-2 Wolfsburg (Kessler 45+1, Müller 74)23/03/14: Wolfsburg 3-0 Barcelona (Kessler 34, Müller 52, Jakabfi 65). Ronald Koeman takes charge of Barcelona tonight for the first time in an official match and the Dutch coach has picked Philippe Coutinho, Ansu Fati and Lionel Messi behind Antoine Griezmann in attack. 8 - Barcelona shipped eight goals in a match for the first time since an 8-0 defeat to Sevilla in April 1946. Barcelona won Ronald Koeman's debut 4-0, as Ansu Fati offered a glimpse of the future with a two-goal showing, and Lionel Messi scored as well. Gerard Pique gave a searingly honest assessment of Barcelona's shocking defeat to Bayern Munich, saying the club had "hit rock bottom" and needs radical changes. "Xavi is going to be on the ticket of one of the new campaigners to become the president. Villarreal completed a nightmare first half when Pau Torres put through his own net from Messi’s cross. Francis Coquelin, who joined Villarreal from Valencia, doesn't look sharp at all and has been struggling physically in the opening weeks of the campaign. Click here, Show{{#moreThan3}} {{value_total}}{{/moreThan3}} comments, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Lionel Messi has criticised Barcelona on social media after the club agreed to a deal to see Luis Suarez join La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid. Trigueros and Iborra are on for Coquelin and Alcacer. Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U. Atletico Madrid 6-1 Granada: Luis Suarez scores TWICE on... AC Milan locked in talks with Tottenham over Serge Aurier... Barcelona 'on the verge of signing Ajax star Sergino Dest... Barcelona 'rejected £137m offer for Ansu Fati' before... {"id":"8778351","channel":"/sport","pageUrl":"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8778351/Barcelona-vs-Villarreal-LIVE-Lionel-Messi-help-Barcas-LaLiga-season-underway.html","status":"finished","greenBox":{"body":""},"modifiedOrder":2}. Therefore, Xavi does not want to go in for a year with this president and not too many other managers want to go in knowing that in a year's time a new president is going to be announced and when that new president makes his campaign, they will all have their managers that they are putting on the ticket. He played a sensational give-and-go with Lewandowski after being picked out at the top of the area by Perisic before easily sweeping home into the far corner. He then picked out Perisic down the left wing who saw his likely cross diverted into the back of the net by Marc-Andre ter Stegen's foot. Xavi if he backs one, that person will probably win. Pjanic has done well since being brought on, while Kubo has impressed for Villarreal. Barcelona: Ter Stegen (5), Semedo (4), Pique (4), Lenglet (4), Alba (5), Roberto (4), Busquets (4), De Jong (4), Vidal (4), Messi (6), Suarez (5). The Blaugrana beat Nastic and Girona 3-1 apiece, before a 1-0 victory over promoted club Elche in the Gamper Trophy at Camp Nou last weekend. Gerard Pique: Barcelona have hit rock bottom. Villarreal: Asenjo; Gaspar, Albiol, Torres, Estupinan; Chukwueze, Parejo, Coquelin, Gomez; Moreno, Alcacer. Bayern will face either Manchester City or Lyon - who play on Saturday evening - in the Champions League semi-final on August 19. Sunday 23 August 2020. Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman said it was the club's decision to get rid of Luis Suarez and that he showed the striker respect. Follow all the reaction LIVE with Standard Sport's Ben Hayward in Barcelona... Hello and welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE coverage of Barcelona vs Villarreal in LaLiga! While they both remain two of the best players to have ever stepped onto a football field, the end of their own personal reign has coincided with Barcelona's own. There were no further goals in the second half but Koeman was able to give debuts to Francisco Trincao, Pedri, and Miralem Pjanic on what was a very satisfactory first start as coach. © Septiembre Ronald Koeman had a word with Pjanic before he entered the field in the second half. While Barcelona are attempting to restore their reputation, the same applies to Unai Emery. It was then Coutinho's turn to hit back at his parent club with his Barcelona future very much undecided. There was a VAR check for offside but the goal was given. The winners will take on Paris Saint-Germain or Lyon in the final in San Sebastián on Sunday. Nobody is happy with the current board of people who run it, particularly Jose Bartomeu the president, and he will be voted out. Thomas Müller scored six goals against Barcelona in the Champions League, the most a player has ever scored against the Spaniards in the competition's history. He said: ‘I’m really happy with the way we played in the first half. Latest news and reaction as Ronald Koeman claims opening LaLiga win, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}}, {{#singleComment}}{{value}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} comments{{/singleComment}}, Barcelona vs Villarreal: La Liga LIVE blog? Sign in or Register. Koeman with three friendly wins ahead of official debut. Speaking ahead of Sunday's LaLiga game against Barcelona vs … Coutinho's return, though, could be a major boost. There were errors from both sides early in the first half but soon, Bayern started to take advantage of Barcelona's mistakes as the floodgates opened. Alcacer thought he had a chance to score but Neto claimed it and the flag was up anyway. 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Villarreal have kept their shape well so far and have looked rather composed despite Barcelona's quality. 8:00pm, Friday 14th August 2020. Barcelona vs Villarreal - LIVE! "It was very special," Pjanic said at full time. Barcelona were given the smallest of comeback chances 12 minutes after the break as Suarez managed to beat Neuer. Sergio Busquets returned for Barcelona after suspension in two changes, with Antoine Griezmann and Ivan Rakitic dropping to the bench, alongside Ousmane Dembele. We interchanged positions and we took our chances. Historic#UCL pic.twitter.com/9WS8v4GsWe. 71 mins: Alba gets forward well again and picks out Messi, but the Argentina star's header is off target. The pressure on manager Quique Setien has grown exponentially after one of the heaviest defeats in Barcelona's history while Bayern look to be the team to beat in the Champions League. The conclusion to last season was hugely frustrating for Barcelona as they ended the campaign without a trophy and were thrashed 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Alba won a corner, with Coutinho subsequently seeing a shot deflected away, At the moment Griezmann is on the right wing with Messi up front. He left Nelson Semedo for dust using his skill and pace before his fizzing cross was turned home by the incoming Kimmich as Barcelona tried to keep Muller and Lewandowski quiet. 6 - Barcelona lost a match by six-goals for the first time since April 1951, when they were beaten 6-0 by Espanyol in a league match. Barcelona began their 2020-21 LaLiga campaign with a comfortable victory against Villarreal at Camp Nou on Sunday evening. 86 mins - Messi has another effort tipped over. Indeed, there may still be unrest within the squad, with Messi publicly criticising the club for "throwing" Luis Suarez out and into the hands of rivals Atletico Madrid. ‘Ansu has a great future,’ repeated Koeman. Barcelona play their first official game tonight since the sale of Luis Suarez to Atletico Madrid last Friday, for a deal which will bring the Catalan club just €6 million in variables (at the most). Coutinho netted the historic eighth goal in the 89th minute. L'actualité du FC Barcelone, les infos chaudes, les transferts, les rumeurs, les joueurs, les stats, les matchs et bien plus encore. ‘I’m just trying to take every opportunity I get’ said the teenager after the man-of-the-match performance. "This is very painful but I hope it serves some purpose... We all need to reflect deeply, the club needs lots of changes, I'm not talking about the coach, players - I don't want to point the finger at anyone but the club needs changes on a structural level. Ansu Fati's release clause has automatically increased to €400 million after Barcelona officially promoted him to the first team this season.