"Barcelona return to action for a very important La Liga game against Catalan rivals Girona at the Montilivi Stadium on Monday Night Fútbol. It is very, very rare that Barça play on a Monday, and the weekend brought even more bad news as Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad on Saturday to take temporary possession of first place in the table and put a ton of pressure on a wounded Barça to get the job done and regain top spot in the standings."
"The defeat to Atlético was the perfect opportunity for the professional overreactors to come back into the spotlight and offer all of their loud criticisms, and those who only speak about Hansi Flick's system when it doesn't work are having a lot of fun right now, even though Flick's fatally flawed tactics have resulted in four trophies in 18 months and the deepest Champions League run in six years with by far the least amount of money invested among all the elite teams in Europe."
Girona (15th, 26 points) host FC Barcelona (2nd, 58 points) in La Liga Matchday 24 at Estadi Montilivi on Monday, February 16, 2026. Barcelona list Gavi, Pedri, Marcus Rashford and Andreas Christensen as out, with other doubts noted; Girona have several outs and a doubt. Barcelona arrive on form WWWWL but are recovering from a heavy defeat to Atlético Madrid that jeopardised Copa del Rey hopes and increased pressure after Real Madrid temporarily took first place. The match referee is César Soto Grado. TV and streaming options include ESPN2/ESPN+, Premier Sports, SuperSport, FanCode and DAZN.
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