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Gamper, LaLiga and friendly: Barça's demanding calendar in August

Published:2/08/2022 - 00:37h

Updated:2/08/2022 - 00:37h

The FC Barcelona 2022-2023 begins to roll officially in this month of August. The team coached by Xavi Hernández will play five games in the coming weeks, three of them in LaLiga Santander

The pre-season 2022-2023, to fault of the party of the Trophy Joan Gamper, has arrived to his final. In less than two weeks the FC Barcelona will debut in LaLiga Santander to begin to litigate by one of the four titles that plays in this course, taking in account the Glass of Rey, Supercopa of Spain and Champions League. The blaugrana initiate the loaded month of illusion.

Xavi Hernández has quoted to his players this Wednesday in the Ciutat Esportiva to begin to prepare the party of the next Sunday, against Cougars, in Joan Gamper. The crash will contest in the Spotify Camp Nou from the 20:00 hours (in Spain). The occasion will serve, also, to present to the Barcelona fans to the five new signings: Franck Kessié, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Jules Koundé.

Six days afterwards, the Saturday 13 August, the Barça will debut in LaLiga Santander. It receives to the Ray Vallecano of Andoni Iraola in the feudo barcelonista, in a party that will begin to the 2:00 hours. For the culés is compulsory to win, place would be the best form to begin the course and to avenge of the Madrilenian group, to the that did not achieve to win in the past season: 1-0 in the first turn (the night of the dismissal of Koeman) and 0-1 in the Spotify Camp Nou, with goal of Álvaro García.

The following Sunday, 21 August, the adventure in the domestic championship will continue with the visit to the Reale Sand, to confront to the Real Sociedad. The crash, by the high temperatures of summer, will begin to the 22:00 hours. Like recent antecedent, the Barça won with goleada in the beginning of the League gone through 4-2, whereas at the end of the course achieved an adjusted victory by the minimum (0-1).

Three days afterwards will be the friendly against the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola to raise funds that they will be donados to the investigation against the lateral sclerosis amiotrófica (ELA) through the Foundation Luzón. It will contest in the Spotify Camp Nou to the 21:30 hours. The big aim of the two clubs is "to take advantage of his speaker for visibilizar and give to know the ELA and the situation of his ill mates. The party is fruit of the commitment that had the president Joan Laporta and the technical Pep Guardiola for collaborating in this cause".

Finally, to finalise the month, the Barça will receive to one of the recently risen to LaLiga, the Valladolid. The crash corresponds to the third day of the championship. The party will be the Sunday 28 August and will initiate to the 19:30 hours. Later, the culés will confront in September to the Seville (3/09) and Cádiz (10/09), waiting for knowing the duels of the phase of groups of the Champions League, whose draw will be on 25 August.