PSG troll Barcelona over Super Cup loss to Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain trolled Barcelona on social media during the LaLiga club’s defeat in the Supercopa de Espana against bitter rivals Real Madrid.
PSG poked fun with pictures of €222million world-record signing Neymar on Twitter as Barca crashed to a 2-0 second-leg loss at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. After tweeting a photo of Neymar training, the French giants then shared a photo of the former Barca forward laughing. star-studded champions kick off the Bundesliga season against Bayer Leverkusen on Friday.
Under Ancelotti, Bayern dominated the German league at a canter last season as they went on to clinch a fifth successive title.
But 90 days since their last league match, Ancelotti has a different squad, many of whom are struggling for fitness as recent results suggest. They lost five of their six pre-season matches before winning the German Super Cup at Dortmund after a penalty shoot-out.
Ancelotti is missing Germany’s World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm and midfield general Xabi Alonso, who have both retired, while Douglas Costa has been sold to Juventus.
Ancelotti is also without playmaker Thiago Alcantara and new signing James Rodriguez, who is on a two-year loan deal from Real Madrid, after picking up injuries in pre-season. Defenders Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez are out with leg knocks.
“We’ll see which players will be available on Friday,” said Ancelotti.