The first international break of the 2023/24 season is thankfully over and the campaign gets truly underway as Barcelona are set to begin their Champions League group stage journey in just a few days, but before the European opener they have a brutal test in La Liga in the form of Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis on Saturday night at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium.
Barça come into this one after an unbeaten start to the season, getting 10 points from their opening four games and winning the last three with two dramatic finishes on the road and a mixed bag of performances in the middle of a crazy transfer window.