After the exciting victory in the classic, Barça will continue its set-up at dawn on Wednesday, July 27 with the game that will face Juventus at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, where the players of coach Xavi Hernández hope to continue with his triumphant path in the tour of the United States.
The meeting in the Texas city between Catalans and Italians, which belongs to the friendly tournament Soccer Champions Tour 2022, will begin at 2:30 a.m. and will be seen on TVE and the Catalan station TV3, in addition to being able to follow minute by minute through La Vanguardia website.
For the azulgrana team it will be the fourth pre-season game after adding two wins and a draw in the previous duels. He began the summer with a draw against Olot (1-1), continued with a comfortable win against Inter Miami (0-6) and last Sunday, at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, he won the classic against Real Madrid (0- 1)
In the match against the eternal rival, Raphinha shone with his own light, author of the winning goal after connecting a shell from outside the area that slipped through the left corner defended by Thibaut Courtois. It was the debut for Barça's Robert Lewandowski and Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie, the other signings, also performed at a good level.
The commitment against the Italian team, trained by Massimiliano Allegri, will be the penultimate (afterwards they will play against the New York Red Bulls and the Joan Gamper Trophy against Pumas) before the official debut this season on August 13 against Rayo Vallecano on the first day of the Santander League.
For its part, the team from la vecchia signora has only played one pre-season game before their confrontation against the Barcelona side in Dallas. Juventus won (2-0) the Mexican Chivas de Guadalajara at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas thanks to goals from Marco Da Graca and Mattia Compagnon.
