He Barcelona has confirmed on Tuesday that the As of Cesc Fábregas will be your rival in the Joan Gamper Trophy. What was an open secret has already been made official by the Barca club. The former Cesc Fàbregas and Sergi Roberto CESCGRANAS will meet their old club in the match that will be played on August 10 at 9:00 p.m. at the Johan Cruyff stadium, which was initially going to be played at Camp Nou.
As the Barcelona statement points out, ««The match was scheduled at Camp Nou, but it will finally be the Johan Cruyff stadium The one who will host this editionas happened in 2021, when the first male and female team played against Juventus in Turin in a double confrontation that meant the first participation of women's Barça in the official tournament ». Laporta had announced to Bombo and Surve the return to Camp Nou, but the delay in the works has caused a new ridiculous of the Barca President.
«The match against him will be preceded by the presentation of the team by Hansi Flick as part of the 'Festa of the Gamper Estrella Damm' and will take place after the dispute of three friendlies on the occasion of the summer tour that will take them through Japan to face the Vissel Kobe and later to South Korea to play against FC Seoul and the Daegu FC. The duel against the Italian team will also be the last test before the start of the official competition in the League on August 16 against Mallorca, ”the statement continues.
«This party will be marked by a historical event, since it will mean the first confrontation between the FC Barcelona and the As. Both clubs, with 125 years and 118 years of history, respectively, had not seen the faces before or in an official or friendly match. On the other hand, as 1907 will be the ninth Italian team present in the Blaugrana Club trophy. In the 59 previous editions there have been up to fourteen transalpine teams in a ranking that lead the Sampdoria and AC Milan (3), the FC Internalse and Juventus (2), and the Napoli, the Parma, the As Rome and the Brescia (1), ”they say.
In the official letter they also emphasize that “in the competitive field, this year's rival of Flick has been one of the revelation teams last season of series A qualifying in tenth position in his return to the highest category of Italian football, after 21 years of absence ».
Finally, Barcelona states that «the As It also presents the appeal to count on their ranks with the formerzulgranas Cesc FábregasTechnical Responsible, and the former captain Sergi Robertowhich came to as in August 2024 after eighteen years in the FC Barcelona. In the squad also militates the defense Álex Valle, a player of training football who also debuted with the first Barca team in friendly match ».
