Barcelona

Robert Lewandowski scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona edged to victory in Mallorca. In a game with little goalmouth action, the Pole made the ...

Just as Bayern Munich would not have gone four games without a win recently, Barcelona would never have come away from the south coast with three points without his ability to strike unerringly and unstoppably from the edge of the box. If not they will suffer a similar defeat to the one at Bayern Munich and be facing being knocked out in the Champions League group stages. Improvement required - With two games against Inter Milan in the next 11 days followed by the Clasico, Barcelona will need to show a lot more to get three points out of any of those games.

It wasn't the prettiest but a Robert Lewandowski wondergoal was enough for Barcelona to get a 1-0 win over Real Mallorca.

Out of the four defenders, Christensen had the best game of the bunch. The Polish striker turned something out of nothing to score the only goal of the game. Especially with the stretch of upcoming games. “It’s the first time I’ve played on the right side, but we have to be ready for all situations. However, this time around, Robert Lewandowski ensured his side got the three points thanks to a wondergoal in the 20th minute. Recent history has not been kind to Barcelona following the international break.

The striker's prolific start to life in Spain has now seen him score nine goals in the first seven games of the season but none have been as brilliant as ...

‘We had the opportunities to win by a bigger margin, admitted Sergi Busquets. When Antonio Sanchez’ cross arrived to the edge of the six yard box, left wing back Jaume Costa ran on to it but Ter Stegen saved brilliantly from his shot. He drifted away from Martin Valjent and curled a shot inside the keeper’s far post – it was his 12th goal in all competitions for Barcelona and he is well on his way to the half century he managed last season.

Barcelona secured three points away to Real Mallorca in a tight game on Saturday night, content merely to head home with the three points rather than a ...

[Mundo Deportivo](https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20221002/1001876125/gavi-acabo-molestias.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=futbol), young midfielder Gavi finished the match with muscle discomfort. He attempted to communicate this to the [Barcelona](https://www.football-espana.net/category/la-liga/barcelona) bench. [Gavi](https://www.football-espana.net/tag/gavi), who played all 90 minutes yesterday.

Barcelona want Ruben Neves but think Arsenal will be fighting them in the race for the Wolverhampton Wanderers star in 2023.

[SPORT](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/ruben-neves-decidio-esperar-barca-76218301) in Spain suggest that [Neves only wants to sign for Barcelona moving forward](/en-gb/2022/09/30/58000-a-week-ace-doesnt-want-liverpool-or-manchester-united-transfer/). It’s noted that Barcelona do though believe that Arsenal will be interested in Neves too and are expecting something of a fight. Still, Barcelona really seem to want Neves and are planning to launch a 2023 move for the Portuguese star.

Frenkie de Jong could be forced out with Barcelona eyeing up a £50m transfer in January.

If the former Porto star does arrive, it could push De Jong out of the first team and that would surely force him towards the exit. They have left the door open for a future move for De Jong, however, and will be encouraged by the development that Barcelona are looking at potential replacements. The La Liga giants are considering a £50million move for the midfielder, who is seen as a long-term replacement for Sergio Busquets, with a transfer in 2023 a possibility.

Barcelona want Ruben Neves, Bruno Lage may be sacked, Nice lead the way for Mykhaylo Mudryk, and Inter Miami target Lionel Messi and two more.

For all three players it is the chance to ease into semi-retirement, but given Busquets and Messi still play top-level football in Europe, they may not yet be ready to step down. The French side are ready to offer £25m for the player, but his current side are looking for double that sum before they countenance selling. A loss to West Ham on Saturday means that the Portuguese manager could be facing the sack.

The Wolves captain has been consistently linked with a move away from Molineux with Liverpool and Manchester United among those said to be interested as a ...

Look how many we lost when we had a striker in the team." It is not the manager’s responsibility it is everyone. We need to continue to work. But it happened and we need to move on. We try to do our best for them. "It is in our hands to work on it. The people don’t deserve to see what we are doing at the moment. We know our quality but in a league like this it is not enough. What we are doing in the Premier League is not enough. Having the ball is not enough. Neves will himself be out of contract in 2024 and he is yet to commit to Molineux beyond that. [Sergio Busquets](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sergio-busquets), who will be out of contract in June.

Robert Lewandowski and Ansu Fati struck up an instant connection, the latter providing for the former as Barcelona earned a feisty win at Mallorca.

[Marc-Andre ter Stegen](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/140740/Marc-André-ter-Stegen), they may have grabbed a draw. [Gerard Pique](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/45931/Gerard-Piqué) and [Jordi Alba](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/121021/Jordi-Alba) both also came back into the side having lost their places this season. [Champions League](/soccer/league/_/name/uefa.champions) for Barca before the World Cup. [Inter Milan](/soccer/team?id=110) in Europe and a trip to face Real Madrid in LaLiga to come before Oct. There appeared to be little on when he collected a pass from [Ansu Fati](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/292957/Ansu-Fati) in the 20th minute, but he cut back to beat his man before unleashing a low-arrowed shot into the bottom corner. Mexican coach Javier Aguirre, who came in and kept them up on the last day of last season, has built a team who are difficult to beat, especially at home. [Robert Lewandowski](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski) scored the lone goal, having now netted in six of seven league games this season. [Upcoming fixtures](/soccer/fixtures?league=esp.1) Los Blancos host [Osasuna](/soccer/team?id=97) on Sunday with a chance to leapfrog Barca. [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) [Mallorca 0-1 Barcelona](/soccer/match?gameId=643833)

Slavko Vincic of Slovenia has been assigned to Inter's Champions League showdown with Barcelona, while Ajax-Napoli goes to Francois Letexier of France.

He crossed paths with Inter twice before, both draws against Saint-Etienne in the Europa League in 2014 and Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2020-21 Champions League, but it will be his first with Barcelona. The fourth official is Rade Obrenovic and the VAR team is Dutch, led by Pol van Boekel. Vincic is the referee for this match at San Siro, with Tomasz Kalncik and Andraz Kovacic as his assistants.

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Champions League clash between Inter Milan and Barcelona, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

[Click here](https://sporita.com/?utm_source=sportsmole&utm_campaign=169314)to find out what else they are predicting for this game and for more of their tried-and-tested football tips.Under 3.5:data [Memphis Depay](/people/memphis-depay/), [Frenkie De Jong](/people/frenkie-de-jong/) and [Jules Kounde](/people/jules-kounde/), after they each picked up injuries in the Nations League last month. [Ronald Araujo](/people/ronald-araujo/) may miss the rest of 2022 after undergoing thigh surgery, while [Hector Bellerin](/people/hector-bellerin/) is sidelined by a calf problem sustained in training last week. As a result, either [Sergi Roberto](/people/sergi-roberto/) or [Alex Balde](/people/alex-balde/) must fill in at right-back. [Joaquin Correa](/people/joaquin-correa/) fight it out to partner [Lautaro Martinez](/people/lautaro-martinez/) up front in Simone Inzaghi's favoured 3-5-2 formation. As Inter have won only once from five meetings with Barcelona in Milan, though, they will need to overcome precedent to pick up maximum points this week.