Soccer Football - FC Barcelona vs Juventus - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - September 12, 2017 Barcelona players celebrate REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona have emerged from a cloud of pessimism to make a perfect start to their La Liga campaign and travel to Getafe on Saturday looking to stretch their advantage over Real Madrid, whose early optimism has been dampened.
A pall of gloom hung over the Catalans in the close season following the departure of Neymar to Paris St Germain and other failures in the transfer market, leading club members to sign a petition of no confidence against the club president.
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