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From Lamine Yamal to Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham, many Barcelona and Madrid players will be involved in the ۲۰۲۶ FIFA World Cup semifinals.
Published On ۱۴ Jul ۲۰۲۶
La Liga has pushed back Barcelona’s and Real Madrid’s opening matches for the coming season due to the number of players from both clubs involved in the FIFA World Cup semifinals.
France face Spain in the first of the last-four matches on Tuesday while England take on Argentina in Wednesday’s clash.
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Among the key Barcelona players involved in the World Cup semifinals are Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo as well as England’s Anthony Gordon.
Madrid’s talisman Kylian Mbappe is joined by Los Blancos midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni in the France side while Real playmaker Jude Bellingham has proved the pivotal player of England’s campaign.
The Spanish top-flight season begins on the weekend of August ۱۵-۱۶. Defending champions Barcelona initially were scheduled to face Athletic Bilbao at home to kick-start their title defence.
After La Liga’s decision on Tuesday, however, Barcelona will start their season at Elche on August ۲۳ with their original opener against Bilbao delayed until August ۲۷.
Madrid were due to host Real Sociedad on the opening weekend, but the league has moved that game to August ۲۶.
That means manager Jose Mourinho‘s first La Liga game in charge of Madrid in his second spell at the club will be away at Espanyol on August ۲۲.
Atletico Madrid’s Argentinian pair of Julian Alvarez and Nahuel Molina, however, will both be required to kick off against Malaga on August ۱۹ as originally scheduled.
