After a season without championships, French international
striker Antoine Griezmann led his team to Barcelona to win
the Joan Gamper Cup, a friendly, by scoring the 1-0 victory
over Elche, Saturday, at Camp Nou.
Griezmann scored the only goal in the second minute, following
across from Jordi Alba.
The goal is the second for Griezmann in the three pre-season
matches for Barcelona this summer, after his penalty kick in
the first prep match against Jimnastika (3-1) last Saturday.
Dutch coach Ronald Koeman pushed four-wheeler Griezmann,
promising 17-year-old Ansu Fati, Argentine captain Lionel
Messi and Brazilian Felipe Coutinho as essential from the start.
Dutch coach Ronaldo, the newcomer to the Bosnian international,
Miralem Pjanic pushed the first half-hour with the Catalan club
since his arrival early this month from Juventus, after entering
Sergio Busquets’ place in the 63rd minute.
It is Barcelona’s third victory in three pre-season matches, after
Jimnastika and Girona (with one score 3-1), before winning the
Cup of its founder Joan Gamper.
Barcelona confirmed its good readiness to start its league
campaign next Sunday against its guest Villarreal at the “Camp
Nou” stadium, after he missed the first and second stages due to
the comfort granted to him due to the delay in his continental
participation, which he bid farewell to a historic loss to Bayern
Munich 2-8 in the quarter-finals. , Led to the sacking of his coach,
Kiki Setien, and the signing of Koeman.
