Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 09:13• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 09:16

Setback for Barcelona in the run-up to the annual Joan Gamper Trophy tournament. Among other El Pais can report that on Sunday, August 8, no supporters are welcome at the Camp Nou to attend the friendly against Juventus. Due to the increase in the number of corona cases in the recent period, the Ministry of Health in Catalonia has had to make this decision, it sounds from Spain.

Barcelona had just prepared for the first game with fans in the stadium. Initially, approximately 20,000 visitors should be admitted for the friendly meeting with La Vecchia Signora, but more than a week before the Joan Gamper tournament starts, things are very different. Barcelona had already sold 15,000 tickets for the annual opening match. In the meantime, a solution is being worked on to allow the duel to continue.

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Since Wednesday, no tickets can be purchased on the Barcelona website for Juventus’ visit to the Camp Nou. “We are very sorry, but tickets for this match are temporarily unavailable,” it reads. Supporters of the Catalans can register for an alert as soon as tickets become available again. Several Spanish media report that Barcelona is now considering moving the entire event to the Estadi Johan Cruyff, with a maximum capacity of 6,000. Normally, Barcelona-B and the women’s team play their matches in this stadium. In that case, it is said that a maximum of 3,000 visitors are welcome.

The Barcelona women’s team would also participate in the Joan Gamper Trophy tournament for the first time in club history, the club announced last week. As with the men, Juventus will be the opponent on August 8. It remains to be seen whether Lionel Messi can be deployed in more than a week, as the attacker who returned on Wednesday has not yet agreed a new contract. Should there be white smoke before then, a meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo will most likely follow. The Portuguese star player recently started preparing for the new season at Juventus.

The selection of coach Ronald Koeman traveled to Germany on Wednesday without Messi for a training camp. In addition to various practice sessions, the Catalans have practice matches against VfB Stuttgart (July 31) and RB Leipzig (August 4). The showdown with Juventus on August 8 is the final test in the exhibition campaign, as the new season in LaLiga starts on August 15 against Real Sociedad.


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