{"id":21833,"date":"2026-01-28T15:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/laporta-a-barcelona-match-is-the-best-football-game-you-can-watch-in-the-world-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:08:28","slug":"laporta-a-barcelona-match-is-the-best-football-game-you-can-watch-in-the-world-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/laporta-a-barcelona-match-is-the-best-football-game-you-can-watch-in-the-world-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Laporta: &#8220;A Barcelona match is the best football game you can watch in the world today&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Laporta wanted to speak to the media hours before Barcelona face Copenhagen in a bid to advance to the last eight of the Champions League group stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not just trying to win, we&#8217;re trying to get into the top eight. That&#8217;s our goal. What we&#8217;re trying to do today is play well and try to win. And, like I said, we have to score goals, because I think goals will be important in determining who gets into the top eight,&#8221; Laporta said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Champions League superstar chooses Team Ronaldo or Team Messi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have to win today. If we win and we don&#8217;t, we will continue to fight and go to the last 16. But I believe we can win tonight,&#8221; the Blaugrana president said without hesitation when asked about the controversy that arose against Oviedo over the leak at the Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>The weather may not be great, but it&#8217;s not bad to get wet anyway.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Joan Laporta, Barcelona president<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to rain, so we have to cover the rain. How was it the other day? Well, I got wet (laughs). But it&#8217;s normal for people to go to the stadium, and it&#8217;s also a great show. Watching Bar\u00e7a is the best football show you can see in the world today, with the players we have and the atmosphere,&#8221; Laporta said.<\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana president wished it a great night, saying: &#8220;I think today we will have a great match in the Champions League, the most important football competition in the world. 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