"We are all delighted to return to Camp Nou, real a football stadium. It's a good opportunity to measure where we are. We prefer to play at the Camp Nou. When we did the training and went up the stairs, I had an incredible feeling. We like it a lot. The fans are close and can give us a push during the match, although in Montjuic they also did it. I'm happy to have a good connection with the fans."
"I see them much like last year, at a great level. It's true that as time goes by, teams know how to play against them, it's natural. But they have a lot of quality to prevent the opponent from progressing, they always push you into your own half. They want to play the game in your area and that makes them dangerous because of the quality they have"
Camp Nou has undergone a €1.5 billion modernisation and Barcelona played most home matches at the Olympic Stadium in Montjuic since 2023–24 while reopening was delayed. The club even staged some matches at the Estadi Johan Cruyff earlier this season. Camp Nou will host Athletic Bilbao with a limited 45,000 capacity. Athletic sit seventh with 17 points from 12 matches; Barcelona are second, three points behind Real Madrid. Hansi Flick expressed strong enthusiasm about returning, highlighting fan proximity and an "incredible feeling" during training. Ernesto Valverde assesses Barcelona as maintaining a high level with pressing tactics that force opponents into their own half.
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