The second project from Ronald Koeman will start walking this afternoon at 19 hours (Barça TV and TV3) at the Ciutat Esportiva de Sant Joan Despí with a friendly before him Gimnastic of Tarragona, which also opens a coach with Raül Agné, former Girona coach.
After eight days of training, this match arrives in which they will be able to pull out very few conclusions on the blaugrana side against the lack of troops that affects the Blaugrana squad. Without going any further, the Dutch coach does not have from forwards of the first template to face this match.
Coutinho, Ansu Fati Y Dembélé is it so injured, Griezmann and Memphis joined Yesterday and they need training before playing any friendlies (it is expected that against Girona on saturday they can play a few minutes) while Braithwaite, Kun Agüero Y Messi (which also continues without a contract) holidays after the commitments with their respective teams in the Eurocup and the America's Cup.
Forwards aside, Koeman either will not be able to count on De Jong nor with Lenglet, which I also know incorporated yesterday; nor with Pedri, Mingueza Y Eric Garcia, that are in the Olympic Games nor with Alba, Araújo neither Busquets, who are of holidays.
For which yes it can serve the game against Nàstic is for check if the Barcelona coach starts the pre-season tests with a 4-3-3 scheme or still in the three-panel system. Nor does it seem like a very decisive occasion to draw conclusions in the face of the lack of troops.
Of the first template, Koeman will have the goalkeeper Net, the defenders Piqué, Umtiti and Dest and the midfielders Riqui Puig, Pjanic and Sergi Roberto. Goalkeepers Iñaki Peña and Arnau Tenas, defenders Alejandro Balde, Ramos Mingo and Arnau Comas and midfielders Nico, Gavi and Ilias will be from the subsidiary with the dynamics of the first team. The the only ones who can play in attack as forwards, although they are not goal men, they are Collado and the Austrian recently signed from Rapid Vienna Yusuf Demir.