At Camp Nou on Saturday, FC Barcelona Elche at the Joan Gamper Trophy.
Here’s the result, what happened and what we took out of the projector.
Ansu Fati returns to alignment
Living on the left wing in the new 4-2-3-1, the 17-year-old was joined by Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho in a trio, while Lionel Messi the false nine up front.
Your double pivots? Frenkie de Jong and Sergio Busquets, along with Riqui Puig, have said this afternoon through Ronald Koeman that he is not in his plans for 2020/2021 to Culers’ displeasure around the world.
Directly from the tracks
Jordi Alba clinging to a delicious ball from Messi, who broke two tension lines in midfield, Griezmann was not mistaken in turning a simple noise to bring the hosts 1-0 in the two minutes.
Messi arrived with a loose kick
With the captain in the bow just after the 20-minute mark, Edgar Badia did well to stop his efforts with a dive stop.
After the goal, Elche was effectively unable to leave their field, through a damaging low centre that Gerard Piqué had to intercept, and the culés forward did not feel threatened.
Mediocre last barca ball
This means they worked to get into the box to verify and double their advantage. Many passes failed on their target or were blocked by Elche’s men on alert.
Ansu Fati began to
Ascending to the top, the newly crowned Spanish foreigner participated in two damaging races with 30 minutes delay, which, without success, warned him that he was beginning to locate his brand.
Coutinho protagonist of the final phase of the first part
Always dangerous, the little magician woven the markers from the box and came close to offering Griezmann a hand just before the whistle.
1-0 after 45.
Koeman’s no after the break
But since it was Barca’s last match before the start of his campaign in La Liga, some did so despite everything expected, adding a first look to Miralem Pjanic.
Fati may have done better, and there’s no turning back for Nelson Semedo with Roberto playing like that.
Barca’s greatest risk is constantly coming from the right wing, number 20 hit an exact center that Fati has gone home.
Panic when Messi fell
Loaded into the bow, millions of people around the world winceed when the Golden Ball holder collapsed to the ground after an opponent’s spikes stabbed him in the ankle. Fortunately, he had returned to his own devices within minutes.
Koeman nevertheless made a number of changes
An hour later, Pjanic made his debut for FC Barcelona to upgrade to Busquets, while Francisco Trincao impersonated striker Griezmann and Ousmane Dembélé ended Fati’s night.
So I got here Pedri
Which means Philippe Coutinho got hooked after smart functionality with 11 plenty. Installing almost Trincao without delay after the arrival of the Portuguese, the Brazilian can make a wonderful contribution on the next date and won the award for the adjustment boy.
Net to the rescue
To blush, when a number of Bluegrana players failed to cross a centre, Coutinho’s compatriot came to the rescue with a closed stop that denied a Diego Bri insurance tie.
3-0 to Koeman
And in Villargenuine on September 27th, we’re leaving. There have been some positive aspects from what we have noticed in the Legend of the Dream Team, so in particular, the integration of the newcomers Pedri and Trincao, as well as the return of Coutinho, but now come the genuine and decisive tests.
In the future, it would seem that the Dutchman would have to make a resolution between Fati and Dembélé on the left flank and also face unfortunate stars such as Puig and Luis Suarez that the club would possibly not download before the deadline of the October 5 play.
Now in Barcelona, after six years in Sao Paulo, I have written extensively on these topics through progress and analysis, while I have also covered adjustment reports for
Now in Barcelona, after six years in Sao Paulo, I have written extensively on these topics through advances and research, while I have covered adjustment reports for tournaments like copa America. In addition to writing for Forbes Sports, I edit Yellow