Messi nailed it in the angle and Barcelona returns to celebrate

09/16/2020 - 13:06

• Clarín.com

• sports

Barcelona put themselves to the test again in a friendly, the second of the preseason that serves as preparation for their debut in the Spanish League.

The cast of Ronald Koeman, where Lionel Messi is once again the owner after the burofax novel, collides with

 at the Johan Cruyff Stadium of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despí.

With a pink shirt and aqua green shorts, an outfit that surprised the distracted, Koeman's team started with Neto;

Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Araujo, Jordi Alba;

De Jong, Busquets;

, Coutinho, Trincao;

and Griezmann.

👥 XI

⚽ # BarçaGirona

🔵🔴 # ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/G4eeHBDb66

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) September 16, 2020

Regarding the match against Nastic, which Barcelona won 3 to 1, Araujo entered for Lenglet, De Jong for Aleñá, Coutinho for Pedri and Trincao for Dembélé.

The duel is televised exclusively for Barça TV subscribers and the first goal chance was generated by Coutinho, with a shot that hit the crossbar before the eyes of the rival goalkeeper.

5 '⏰ |

To the crossbar @Phil_Coutinho!

First occasion of the match # BarçaGirona pic.twitter.com/3DD9Zz7ZvU

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) September 16, 2020

At 20 minutes, and after some approaches from Girona, Barcelona established the difference between the two teams, when Griezmann looked for Messi and the Argentine gave his magic touch.

Leo let a rival pass and enabled Trincao, who only had to touch the middle so that Coutinho, without a mark, defined with the empty goal.

🔥 @AntoGriezmann ➡ #Messi ➡ #Trincao ➡ @Phil_Coutinho 👌⚽ pic.twitter.com/B5pDZSdiJm

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) September 16, 2020

The summoned list is made up of Neto, Iñaki Peña, Arnau Tenas, Nelson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembélé, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Martin Braithwaite, Sergi Roberto, Frenkie de Jong, Junior Firpo, Philippe Coutinho, Carles Aleñá, Francisco Trincao, Pedri, Riqui Puig, Ronald Araujo, Isaac Cuenca and Konrad de la Fuente.

Luis Suárez was once again left out of the list of called by the Dutch technical director.

According to the slogan of the newspaper

, in the last hours there had been speculations about the possibility that Suárez would enter the call

, which at first seemed his destiny once he left Barça .

The resolution of the future of Suárez is fundamental for the planning of the Catalan giant's squad for the 2020/21 campaign, as Ronald Koeman himself explained in statements made on

.

In them,

.

Luis Suárez looks at his future.

It seems close to Turin.

(EFE)

In the list they were not included

and

, who joined the group in this day, neither the injured

and Samuel Umtiti and

, who is not in the plans of Ronald Koeman.