The Catalan star team traditionally prepares for the new season with the Gamper Cup, which is considered its “own cup”, and usually wins it: the last time it did not happen this way was in 2012, when Sampdoria won 1-0 at Barca’s home. .
Now Monaco was hosted by Hansi Flick’s team in its temporary home, in the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, and after a scoreless first half, it conceded three goals in the continuation, thus losing the meeting 3-0, in which it otherwise played in a very reserve lineup. The main test was therefore better for Monaco, who will start the new season against Saint-Étienne, who were promoted from the second division. On Saturday, FC Barcelona will host Valencia in the 1st round of La Liga in the first match of the Flick era.
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FC Barcelona–AS Monaco 0–3 (Lamine Camara 50., Embolo 57., Wisdom Elebi 86.)
