Barcelona will be hoping to put their loss to AC Milan in the penalty shootout in the last friendly match in preparation for this game in the Joan Gamper Trophy. Catalan giants had a rather mixed experience of the pre-season tour of the United States of America as they triumphed over Manchester City and Real Madrid but had to succumb to the penalty against the Rossoneri.
The friendly against Monaco will give Barcelona the best preparation platform to fine-tune with a view to the formulation of effective strategies in the impending La Liga fixtures. Each signing and a player coming back will want to stake a claim and the game will be useful to rotate the squad.
The performance in particular match against AC Milan was rather poor but one must remember that these were friendly tournaments. Barcelona’s priorities will therefore be on games accumulation, increasing togetherness, and games invention, especially on different systems and affiliations.
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Monaco the team plays in the top tier of French football and hence, will not be easy to defeat. This match will be a single pointer of the kind of form that Barcelona is likely to post when the competitive season begins. Supporters will be expecting a decisive victory and a good outcome whenever to augur well when the coming season begins.
