Barcelona vs Gimnastic: Barcelona begin their pre-season with a clash against Gimanstic on Wednesday as the Blaugrana youngsters get quality game time.
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Match Details:
Teams: Barcelona vs Gimnastic
Date: Wednesday 21st July, 2021
Time: 10:30 PM IST
Venue: Estadi Johan Cruyff, Sant Joan Despi, Spain
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MATCH PREVIEW:
Barcelona begins their 2021-22 footballing campaign with a number of warm-up matches, this being the first vs Gimanstic in Spain.
The Catalan Outfit has a number of players missing due to their services in the Euro 2020 and Copa America. Hence, this is the chance for the youngsters to prove their mettle against Gimnastic.
Koeman’s side enjoyed cup success with the Copa Del Ray title in their hands but were poor as per their standards in the La Liga.
With the arrival of players like Depay, Emerson, Aguero, Demir; the Barcelona set up will look to ramp up their chances in the next La Liga campaign.
On the other hand, Gimanstic looks to put on a show against a young Barcelona side today with a chance to create an upset.
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Gimanstic play in the Segunda B of La Liga and failed to secure promotion last season. Hence, this is a good chance to prove their style against a top side in Barcelona.
Both sides last met in a club friendly ahead of the last season which Barcelona won 3-1.
Dembele, Griezmann and Coutinho scored for the Catalan side. Bonilla found the back of the net for Gimanstic.
Form Table
Barcelona: WDDLW
Gimnastic: DLWWL
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Line-ups
Barcelona:
Pena, Roberto, Pique, Mingo, Dest, Gonzalez, Pjanic, Puig, Demir, Collado and Escobar.
Gimnastic:
Garcia, Albarran, Domingo, Trilles, Oriol, Buyla, Fullana, Simon, Del Compo, Carbia and Martin.
Prediction: Barcelona 2-0 Gimnastic
We expect Barcelona to wrap this one up quiet easily without much fuss. The youngsters will be put to the test but will shine through.
Gimnastic could make it slightly tough with their play but are bound to make mistakes.