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Maybe I should help you see a reason of a possibility around the chances that Barcelona may not be able to beat Mallorca. Football firstly does comes with a lot of uncertainty and one of such can happen in this game and you will be surprised, yesterday in the French League a bigger team(Marseille) lost to a ten men weak team(Rennes) something no one expected to happen even with the one man down advantage, so anything is bound to happen and that is exactly what I m seeing with this game that is why I do not want to be too conclusive on this as I was before, I was amongst those who said it is going to be an absolute win for Barcelona but now I am considering a rethink and just allow anything to happen.
There are always surprises in football, even though on paper Barcelona is superior to Mallorca, it does not mean that victory will be on the side of the team considered superior. This game marks the start of Barcelona La Liga journey as defending champions, and I've also seen how Hansi Flick has prepared his squad to repeat last season's success. Mallorca is no stranger to Barcelona, its strength is also very familiar to Hansi Flick's troops, as evidenced by Mallorca only being able to achieve 1 draw in the last 5 H2H, the rest they always lost.
However, Barcelona should not underestimate the strength of their opponents, Mallorca performance last season was very good because they were able to be in the top 10. They must focus on their goal because a win in the first match is always special, a positive result in the debut of a new season will help the players' confidence in the following matches.