FC Barcelona closes its tour of the USA at dawn from Tuesday to Wednesday. with the last of the scheduled friendly matches against Milan (5:00), a bout to be played at the Allegiant in Las Vegas. After the match, the blue garnet expedition will travel back to Barcelona to continue their preparations, thinking of the Joan Gamper trophy on Tuesday 8 August against Tottenham (20:00) and especially the league premier at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum. on Sunday, August 13, against Getafe (21:30).
Team led by Javi Hernandez before the match against Milan with the calm that the victory in the classic match against Real Madrid (3:0) gave the team. A triumph that confirmed the blue garnet project after the first failure with Arsenal (5-3).
Barça will try to end this tour with good vibes, which got off to a difficult start due to the viral gastroenteritis that affected most of the team and forced the cancellation of the first of the scheduled friendlies against Juventus.
The Blue Garnet team has only confirmed the loss of Iñigo Martinez, who is recovering from plantar fasciitis. But it can be foreseen that Xavi will also rest Ilkay Gundogan and Andreas Christensen, who had to be substituted against Real Madrid due to physical problems. It can also be foreseen that Dembele, who closes his move to PSG, will not play. It is expected that the first minutes will pass at Gavi.who has not yet been able to debut this preseason due to back discomfort.
The classics required a lot of physical effort, so everything indicates that the blaugrana coach will distribute the minutes among those who accumulate the least effort. Xavi’s main pre-season concern was to keep his players safe from injury, and he won’t change his preference in the final test.
Milan, for their part, ended their two games on American soil with a 3-2 loss to Real Madrid and a 2-2 loss to Juventus on penalties (4-3). Two games in which Stefano Pioli’s team performed well are back.
The Rossoneri have lost one of their pillars, midfielder Sandro Tonali, who joined the ranks of Newcastle but made good progress in the summer market with the signing Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Tijani Reinders (AZ Alkmaar), Noy Okafor (Salzburg) and Samuel Chukwese (Villarreal).who is about to be joined by Yunus Musah (Valencia).
Chukwueze will not be against Barca as he signed midway through the US tour and Milan decided he would wait until the team returned to join training. There will also be no okaphora, in his case due to an injury. It’s not the only one. Pierre Kalulu, Junior Messias and Davide Calabria are also unavailable.
possible alignments
So, the possible layouts are:
Milan: Mainan; Florenzi, Thiau, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Lotus-Cheek, Kunik, Reinders; Pulisic, Giroux and Leao.
Football Club Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, Marcos Alonso; De Jong, Oriol Romeu, Pedri; Rafinha, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati.
Judge: Alex Chilovich (USA).
Field: Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium.
Schedule: 5:00 am (8:00 pm in Las Vegas)