Barcelona will face Juventus on Sunday without superstar Lionel Messi, who has actually formally confirmed his exit from the spanish club.
According to reports, Barcelona invited Juventus to play the Joan Gamper Trophy at the Camp Nou in an effort to get the 2 greatest footballers on earth, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to share the pitch in hopes of raising cash from TELEVISION income and ticket sales.
That relocation, nevertheless, has actually gone entirely sideways as the Argentine has left the group, pursuing a possible relocate to Paris-Saint Germain.
Today’s match is ahead of the last preseason test for Ronald Koeman’s team before the league begins next Sunday against Real Sociedad at Camp Nou.
For the game the Dutch coach Ronald Koeman has called 21 players; Dest, Piqué, R. Araujo, Sergio, Riqui Puig, Griezmann, Pjanic, Memphis, Braithwaite, Neto, Coutinho, Jordi Alba, S. Roberto, E. Royal, Umtiti, Iñaki Peña, Demir, Nico, R. Manaj, Balde and Collado.
Philippe Coutinho has actually been passed in shape to return to action however Clément Lenglet and Sergio Agüero are both out.
The French protector has a tendon issue in his right knee and is ruled out with his return depending upon his recovery.The Argentine
striker has a right calf injury and will undergo more tests to discover the specific extent of the injury.
Heat up session in the morning
On Sunday morning, Ronald Koeman’s team had a heat up session at the Estadi Johan Cruyff to round off preparations for the friendly versus Juventus.
