A new year begins and Barcelona kick off a busy January with their Copa del Rey debut away to fourth tier Barbastro in the Round of 32 on Saturday evening.
Barça hope to rebound from a very tough end to 2024 and return to their best version shown at the beginning of the season, and they’ll be hoping to do so with a big win against a team they’ll be expected to beat easily.
But this same Barbastro side caused Barça huge problems when they faced each other exactly one year ago in this same round of the Cup, so the Blaugrana cannot take anything for granted given their current form and how excited Barbastro will be to get a second chance to pull off one of the biggest upsets ever.