VIDEO SHOWS: BARCELONA HOLDING TRAINING SESSION AND PRESS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF THEIR LALIGA GAME AGAINST ATHLETIC BILBAO, ON FIRST MATCH BACK AT NEWLY REDEVELOPED CAMP NOU STADIUM RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SANT JOAN DESPI, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 21, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. DEFENDER RONALD ARAUJO AND MIDFIELDER MARC CASADO WALKING ON PITCH 2. FORWARD ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI WALKING ONTO PITCH FOR TRAINING 3. DEFENDER JULES KOUNDE WALKING TO TRAINING SESSION 4. DEFENDER ALEJANDRO BALDE JOGGING TO TRAINING 5. FORWARDS LAMINE YAMAL AND RAPHAEL DIAS RAPHINHA JOGGING ONTO THE PITCH 6. SQUAD GATHERED AROUND COACH HANSI FLICK 7. YAMAL PUTTING HAT ON 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCA COACH HANSI FLICK, ON GOING BACK TO PLAY AT CAMP NOU, SAYING: “Of course we are happy. But we have to see. I think it can give us a really big push in the match, because it is very close and the fans normally also in (Stadium) Montjuic they know exactly when the team needs this push, or this punch, and they did it. They support us a lot and this is for us great to see and also to feel it that there’s a good connection between the team and the fans.” 9. MEDIA 10. SQUAD AT THE PITCH 11. GOALKEEPER JOAN GARCIA PONS AND OTHER GOALKEEPERS WARMING UP 12. GOALKEEPER WOJCIECH SZCZĘSNY SITTING ON A BALL 13. MIDFIELDER ANDREAS CHRISTENSEN AMONG OTHER PLAYERS DURING DRILLS 14. MIDFIELDER FERMIN LOPEZ AMONG OTHER PLAYERS DURING DRILLS 15. BALDE AND YAMAL AT SESSION 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCA COACH HANSI FLICK, SAYING “Everyone of us is happy to be back in the stadium. The opponent is also a really good opponent. It’s a team, also last seasons, this season they are playing in Champions League. They have a lot of quality, they are doing a great job, so for us it's a good opportunity to measure how far we are.” 17. VIEWFINDER 18. KOUNDE PERFORMING DRILLS 19. MIDFIELDER FERMIN LOPEZ PERFORMING DRILLS 20. FORWARD ROONY BARDHGJI AMONG OTHERS DURING DRILLS 21. VARIOUS PLAYERS DURING DRILLS 22. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCA COACH HANSI FLICK, SAYING: “Why not! Why not! But at the end Messi is the best footballer in the last 10 years around or more. I always appreciated seeing him playing football. It’s unbelievable what’s he is doing and of course, for every team he is good, but the fact his contract is (ending in) '28 and my contract finishes at '27, so… for me it’s not a question.” 23. NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 24. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING STORY: Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said on Friday (November 21) the team’s long-awaited return to the refurbished Camp Nou will give his players and fans a “special boost” when they face Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Saturday (November 22). The Catalan giants will play at their iconic home for the first time in two and a half years after renovations forced them to relocate to Montjuic stadium. The stadium will open at reduced capacity, hosting around 45,000 fans. Barcelona sit second in La Liga with 28 points from 12 matches, three behind leaders Real Madrid. Athletic Bilbao are seventh on 17 points. The German coach also addressed Lionel Messi’s recent comments expressing his desire to return to Barcelona. Asked if he would like to coach the Argentine, Flick joked: “Why not? Messi is the best player of the last ten years.” But he quickly ruled out the possibility, noting Messi's contract ends in 2028 while Flick's ends in 2027. (Production: Horaci Garcia, Silvio Castellanos)
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