Injured Barcelona captain present at Stamford Bridge to support team vs Chelsea
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![](/<figure><img alt="Injured Barcelona captain present at Stamford Bridge to support team vs Chelsea" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/barca_universal_articles_732/cf9949ccc586e6dd9d763fd914690b70" data-uuid="73a7858e-5b52-3731-8301-374fec0f73fd"><figcaption>Injured Barcelona captain present at Stamford Bridge to support team vs Chelsea</figcaption></figure><p>FC Barcelona fell to a <a href="https://barcauniversal.com/araujo-2-ferran-4-chelsea-3-0-barcelona-player-ratings/" target="_blank">disappointing 3-0 defeat against Chelsea</a> last night at Stamford Bridge, which complicates their path to a top-eight finish and direct qualification to the knockout stages.</p><p>The <em>Blaugrana</em> were completely outplayed by the home team on the night, with their control only increasing after the Catalans’ captain on the night, Ronald Araujo, was sent off in the first half following two yellow cards in quick succession.</p><h2>Ter Stegen travelled to London with the squad</h2><p>While Araujo trudged off the pitch having let the team down, a certain Marc-Andre ter Stegen, the Catalans’ first captain, watched on from the sidelines at Stamford Bridge.</p><p>Indeed, according to <a href="https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/vio-chelsea-barca-flick-activo-124127144" target="_blank">SPORT</a>, the German goalkeeper, who is currently recovering from an injury, travelled to London and was seated just behind the benches in the stands at Chelsea’s home ground.</p><img height="0" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/barca_universal_articles_732/a133f32756c6934bc7d44bc0daf42466" width="2048" data-uuid="c7d97a2a-f09d-350a-a141-550562ff86bd"><p>Ter Stegen flew to London to support his teammates. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)</p><p>Last year, Ter Stegen received criticism when Jules Kounde travelled to Milan to support the team in the Champions League semi-finals against Inter Milan, and he did not. </p><p>This time, understanding his responsibility as captain and senior figure in the dressing room, he did not want to miss such an important match. </p><p>As such, the 33-year-old goalkeeper travelled to England, was with his teammates at the hotel, in the dressing room before the match, and supported them from the stands for the entire ninety minutes. </p><p>For a Barcelona side going through a delicate moment, his gesture was a clear message of internal commitment that was valued far more inside the stadium than could be seen from home.</p><p>As for his return, Ter Stegen has already started training individually at high intensity at the <em>Ciutat Esportiva</em> and is close to rejoining the group.</p>)
![](/<figure><img alt="" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/sb_nation_articles_115/6e494fda795103c55ed877f5522d8845" data-uuid="964dca8d-af22-38d1-87d1-2f0eae51f6ec"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-align-none">Hansi Flick’s high line at Barcelona came in for more criticism on Tuesday during a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">Former striker and television pundit Alan Shearer had some harsh words for the Catalan giants and felt Barca were deservedly beaten by Stamford Bridge.</p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p class="has-text-align-none">“They keep on getting done time and time again. Nothing more than Chelsea deserve. They time it to perfection again,” he said on Amazon Prime.</p><p class="has-text-align-none">“I’ve seen some offside traps in my time, but this is absolutely crazy it really is. It’s as if there’s four dummies just stood there and saying “how do you want to do it guys?”. </p><p class="has-text-align-none">“It’s hard to believe at times, I’m lost for words at how easy it’s been for Chelsea to get through and how crazy at times they’re playing it.”</p></blockquote><p class="has-text-align-none">The defeat leaves Barca facing an uphill task to qualify for the next stage of the Champions League. They face Eintracht Frankfurt at Camp Nou next in the competition.</p>)
![](/<p><a href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/nfl/teams/cincinnati-bengals/327" target="_blank">Cincinnati Bengals</a> starting quarterback Joe Burrow was asked Nov. 25 about how much he's learned from teammate Joe Flacco over the past few weeks, ahead of <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/11/25/joe-burrow-ready-return-bengals-ravens-thanksgiving/87468849007/">Burrow's expected return</a> to action Thanksgiving night against the Ravens in Baltimore.</p><p>Flacco's record is 1-5 in the six starts he's made for the Bengals this season since relieving Jake Browning, who replaced Burrow when Burrow <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/09/14/joe-burrow-injury-bengals-quarterback-hurt-vs-jaguars-nfl-week-2/86024768007/">suffered a turf-toe injury</a> in Week 2.</p><p>"I think whenever you have a guy that's played that long, especially a guy that plays so much differently than you do, you can ask him what he thought in a situation or how would you react to this or that," Burrow said. "He's played a long time and played at a high level. So that's something that I did take advantage of."</p><p>When Burrow did his <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/11/19/joe-burrow-11-on-11-work-bengals-practice-joe-flacco-not-throwing/87355337007/">first 11-on-11 work</a> since his injury, Flacco assessed Burrow's performance and discussed their interactions.</p><p>"Joe (Burrow) looked good," <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/11/19/bengals-qb-joe-flacco-still-feels-funny-saying-who-dey-ohio-loves-football/87358263007/">Flacco said after practice</a>. "It's cool to see him out there. Obviously when you're both now taking reps, and things like that, conversations kinda happen. And just like 'how do you see this vs. that?' But yeah, Joe looked good."</p><p>Burrow also acknowledged that the Bengals "pretty much <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/11/26/joe-burrow-examines-bengals-nfl-playoff-chances/87477633007/">have to win every game</a>" in order to make the NFL playoffs.</p><p><img alt="Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow" height="5760" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_enquirer_natl_articles_358/ebd752d54537ddc159bae027d4e69396" width="8640" data-uuid="05f4ce60-45d1-34f2-abac-5ee9f0784557"></p><p><em>This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/11/26/joe-burrow-learned-from-experienced-joe-flacco-bengals-quarterback/87477741007/">Bengals QB Joe Burrow learned from experienced Joe Flacco</a></em></p>)