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LAST FRIENDLY OF THE SUMMER

Barça-Chapecoense: A party with flavour to Supercopa

Published:4/08/2017 - 06:50h

Updated:7/08/2017 - 21:57h

Although each Trophy Joan Gamper is special, the one of this year will be a party. The Camp Nou will offer a felt homage to the Chapecoense before enjoying of a big football match, the last of the Barça before playing the first official title of the course

The pre-season of the FC Barcelona 2017-18 has filled of emotion to the Barcelona fans. The landing of Ernesto Valverde has supposed a blow of cool air for the staff and the team has offered his best version against several rivals of maximum level. Still it is prompt to throw the bells to the flight but the feelings are promising when hardly it is missing a week for the first official title of the course.

The Trophy Joan Gamper of this year will serve to present in society to varied of the recently arrived to the Camp Nou, some old known and other young surprises. To his 23 years, Gerard Deulofeu will go back to debut in his house, converted at last in member of the first team and with win to convince and show that "aquest any himself". They will accompany him Nélson Semedo and Marlon Santos, with some doubts more in the rucksack but with the illusion to continue living experiences with the 'greater'.

Another of which will première in the night of the Monday is the own Ernesto Valverde, although in his case will do it only in the local bench. With Barcelona past and a recognised path like trainer, the Txingurri wants to show that it is prepared for the greater challenge of his career.

Felt homage

The 52ª edition of the Trophy Joan Gamper will serve for also to follow ascertaining that the Barça is "Més that a club". The Catalans involved of full in helping to the Chapecoense after the aerial accident that suffered the Brazilian expedition does some months, and now complete his support with an invitation to his own house. The event left 71 mortal victims, that will be honoured in a party in which the football will offer them a felt homage.

Something more far that the celebrations remains the Supercopa of Spain, that currency in the horizon like the first important challenge for the Barcelona. Although it is true that the changing room always thinks split to party, with a title of by half the friendly will serve to finish to adjust mechanisms and to do the last proofs before it arrive the hour of the truth: a double Classical in front of the Real Madrid.

The one who after several years will not be in the première of the season in the Camp Nou will be the protagonist of the greater serial of the summer, Neymar. The Brazilian will be the big absence in a team that already thinks in what it offers him the future without one of his greater cracks. From the club works with care in filling up his gap with some signings, and between the illusion and the quality already approach Philippe Coutinho, Íñigo Martínez and perhaps Ousmane Dembélé. Still they remain some days for the closing of the market and seen the seen in the last weeks, can not descartar at all.