FC Barcelona vs Club León - Gamper 2014 (20:30 TV3, Antenna3 and GolT)

The new staff of the FC Barcelona presents in front of his fans this Monday 18 August. From the 19.00 will give start in the Camp Nou a special program with the presentation of all the players and that will culminate with the dispute of the 49ª edition of the Trophy Joan Gamper in front of the Club León of Mexico. It will be the moment in that the new trainer, Luis Enrique, present in front of the fans home and also when it will be able to see to the new signings like the goalkeepers Ter Stegen, Claudio Bravo and Masip, the canterano Rafinha, the Croat Ivan Rakitic, the French Jérémy Mathieu, the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and the last signing, the Belgian Thomas Vermaelen, although some of them will not be able to play by injury.

It is the case of Ter Stegen and Vermaelen. Any of the two has trained with the group and are descartados for the party against the Club León of Guanajuato. Instead, yes they have done it Xavi and Neymar although they still do not have the high medical but will be smart to confront to the Mexican group. In the case of the Brazilian, will be his first minutes of the once recovered pre-season of the injury in the back that did in the World-wide. Besides, taking advantage of the dispute of the tournament, the Camp Nou will surrender a deserved homage to Carles Puyol, Víctor Valdés and Rafa Márquez.

The Club León of Guanajuato (Mexico) will be the rival of the FC Barcelona. This will be the first time that the Mexican team, champion of the Closure 2013 and of the Opening 2014, contest the tournament of summer of the Barça. The Club León of Guanajuato was founded in the year 1944 and has won 7 Leagues and 5 Glasses of Mexico. It is the ex team of Rafa Márquez and is directed by Gustavo Matosas.

In Spain, the party FC Barcelona-Club León can see in direct (Monday 18 August, from the 20:30 hours) through Televisió of Catalonia (TV3), Antenna3 and Goal Television (Goal T). Also it can follow on-line through Esport3, Atresmedia and Goal Stadium, that will offer the meeting with access from any PC, tablet or smartphone (only for accesses from Spain). Besides, different portals, like Rojadirecta, Bwin or Justin TV offer to see in streaming the party through platforms P2P (international signal).

The Barcelona team will contest the Gamper with all the available players of the first team, except Ter Stegen, Vermaelen, Mathieu and Adriano, with annoyances. Besides, it is foreseen that they add some players of the Barça B, that also have worked with Luis Enrique and that they could have some minutes in front of the Mexican team.

For the fifth and last commitment of pre-season, Luis Enrique will have to his disposal to 18 players of the first team: Claudio Bravo, Masip, Montoya, Bartra, Hammered, Xavi, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Iniesta, Sergi Roberto, Rakitic, Rafinha, Pedro, Leo Messi, Neymar, Mascherano, Dani Alves and Luis Suárez. By part of the players of the filial, Grimaldo, Samper and Munir, have worked to the orders of Luis Enrique in the last session of training and could participate in the party.