The Barça breaks the mourning by Messi

Goleada of the Barcelona in the first game of the post era Messi. On a day when the Argentine was saying goodbye through tears, the team of Ronald Koeman beat by the minimum one Juventus of Turin still very green. The local team raises the Joan Gamper Trophy in the only joy of a depressing day at Can Barça after the goodbye of the best player in Barça’s history. Memphis Depay, Martin Braithwaite Y Riqui Puig they made the three goals of the game.

The atmosphere was totally rarefied at the Johan Cruyff stadium, the fiefdom chosen to play the Gamper due to restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The last test of the preseason coincided on the same day that Leo messi he had said goodbye in the 1899 auditorium of the Camp Nou after a lifetime as a Barça player. The chants of the fans, the previous speeches of Busquets Y Koeman… The leading role in the game was for the Argentine player, who this time was not going to captain his team at the Gamper.

In purely football, Ronald Koeman left the three-center system to return to 4-3-3 with Memphis Depay, Antoine Griezmann Y Martin Braithwaite up. For his part, the young Yusuf Demir He started as a starter, further fueling the rumors that the Dutch coach wants to include him in the first team’s plans in the regular season. For its part, Juventus faced the meeting with the pair of strikers formed by Morata Y Cristiano Ronaldo, which made the game morbid and expectant.

An inspired Depay paved the way

The Barça fans were still getting used to seeing Barça without Leo Messi when Memphis Depay made the first of the meeting. After three minutes of play, Braithwaite filtered a great pass to iron, who put the Dutch forward on a tray first. Great start of the former Lyon, a player who is expected a lot in this campaign. For now, he has already scored three goals this preseason, the latter to pave the way to victory in the Gamper.

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Despite being a preseason game, the pace of play was not bad and both teams had a chance to score more goals throughout the first 45 minutes. The domain went to him Barcelona, but the best occasions were for the visitors, who ran into an inspired grandchild, a goalkeeper who will start the season as a starter due to the injury of Ter Stegen. Some approaches of the Italians and two goals annulled to the set of Koeman were the most outstanding actions of the first half.

Likewise, the first part of the Joan Gamper Trophy has already left us some clues of what the Barça without Messi: Depay Y Griezmann The free throws were distributed, the former Atlético de Madrid was the offensive cornerstone of the Catalans and the feeling is that the team must multiply its benefits at the collective level if it wants to be competitive after the departure of its best player. I was a witness of all this Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not have a great day in Barcelona.

Braithwaite and Riqui Puig vindicate

Hardly anyone trusts him, but Martin Braithwaite is still determined to succeed in the Barcelona. The Danish fought all the balls and scored the second goal of the game in the 57th minute after being faster than everyone in the area in a great header that Gamper sentenced. Something with which the team of Ronald Koeman He was breathing before the entry of refreshing players in both teams, who moved the bench with the multiple changes typical of a preseason game.

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Ronald Koeman debuted Emerson and brought in players like Nico Gonzalez, Riqui Puig, Alexander balde O Samuel umtiti, the latter highly questioned by the Barça fans. Barcelona finished the game very well, even having chances to make the third and beat Juventus in the Gamper. All this guided by Depay Y Griezmann, that marked the way presenting themselves as a pair that wants to make forget the bad Barça moment.

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When it seemed that the match ended with 2-0 on the scoreboard, Riqui Puig was vindicated with a beautiful goal from outside the area to close the win. On the day of farewell to Leo messi, Barcelona was delighted and won the Joan Gamper Trophy after beating Juventus in Turin thanks to the goals of Memphis Depay, Martin Braithwaite and the youth squad Riqui Puig. Ronald Koeman’s team rehearses and learns to live without Messi one week after his league debut against Real Sociedad.