The FC Barcelona announced this Wednesday that the 57th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy will be held next saturday august 6 against AS Rome in the Camp Nou, both the club’s first men’s and women’s teams, as happened in the last edition. In 2021, the double meeting was held against Juventus at the Johan Cruyff Stadium due to health restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The women’s team will play at 5:30 p.m. and the men’s team at 9:00 p.m. In addition, between the two games there will be the official presentation of both Barça squads to the fans.
This will be the second participation of the Italian club in the trophy. The group currently led by Jose Mourinho faced the Barca in this same friendly trophy in the year 2015. A game in which those from back then Luis Enrique beat the Italian team 3-0 with goals from Neymar, Messi Y Rakitic.
Two transalpine titles
Since 2010, in seven editions of the legendary Barça trophy they will have had Italian clubs. Milan in 2010, Naples in 2011, Rome in 2015, Sampdoria in 2016, juve in 2021 and Rome in 2022.
In all of history, there have only been two gamers won by a ‘calcium’ club: the Juventus in 2005 on penalties after the 2-2 final and the Sampdoria in 2012 by 0-1.
The recent Italian participation
- 2010 -> FC Barcelona 1 – 1 (3 – 1 p.) Milan
- 2011 -> FC Barcelona 5 – 0 Napoli
- 2012 -> FC Barcelona 0 – 1 Sampdoria
- 2015 -> FC Barcelona 3 – 0 Rome
- 2016 -> FC Barcelona 3 – 2 Sampdoria
- 2021 -> FC Barcelona 3 – 0 Juventus
- 2022 -> FC Barcelona vs. Rome
A decade undefeated
The last time the Barca lost an edition of the friendly soccer trophy that it organizes annually was precisely in 2012 against the Sampdoria. those of Tito vilanova fell to the Italian team 0-1 with a goal from Roberto Soriano at minute 1.
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