Here is how the Spanish papers rated Barca’s players following their shock 1-0 loss away at Athletic Bilbao on the opening day of the new 2019/20 season. This was Barca’s first Round 1 loss in the league since 2008/09, when the Blaugrana, then coached by Pep Guardiola, lost away to Numancia.
Sport Player ratings Athletic Club 1-0 Barca
AS player ratings Athletic-Barca 1-0
MD player ratings for Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona
Aritz Aduriz the obvious star of the show- coming off the bench for Inaki Williams and scoring an amazing scissor kick with his first touch of the game. Disappointing game for Barca’s forwards, especially Ousmane Dembele, as the ratings above show.
So, is Valverde the new Pep? hat 2008/09 season was a treble for Barca.