The trainer of the FC Barcelona, Ernesto Valverde, gave an opportunity in the first official alignment of the pre-season 2018, against the Tottenham Hostpur, to two of the three new signings culés of face to the next season, as they are Clément Lenglet and Arthur Melo.
The French and the Brazilian appeared of start in front of the 'spurs', offering continuously and showing a good performance during his first minutes with the elastic Barcelona. The rest of the eleven was composed by players with situations of all type, some of them already consecrated and others that have the future still in the air.
Jasper Cillessen occupied the goal of the FC Barcelona, when having been training from some days before that Marc-André Ter Stegen. The FC Barcelona trusts the Dutch goalkeeper, and in spite of the rumours that appear in the press, the initial plan is to remain with his services of face also to the next campaign, seen his big performance.
In defence, beside Lenglet, occupied the three remaining positions Marlon Santos, Semedo and Miranda. Marlon finds in the pigeonhole of exit and probably the Barça look for him a traspaso, whereas Semedo will struggle this next campaign for being headline in the right side, and Juan Miranda is possible that have minutes in the first team if Lucas Digne does the cases.
Arthur and Munir, goleadores with the Barça
In the centre of the field, Sergi Roberto exerted of defensive pivote beside Arthur and André Gomes, of interiors, although the Portuguese had to leave of early form to the changing rooms, lesionado. Arthur Melo surprised in the minute 28 of party with an authentic golazo from out of the area, the one who went his letter of presentation for all the barcelonistas.
In attack, finally, the first selected of Valverde were Rafinha Alcántara, author of two assistances of goal in the first-half (to Munir and Arthur), Munir The Haddadi, author of the first goal of the meeting, and Denis Suárez that also it left lesionado, unfortunately, in the first minutes of meeting, leaving his place to Carles Pérez in the eleven.
Alignment of the Barcelona: Cillessen; Semedo, Marlon, Lenglet, Miranda; Sergi Roberto, Arthur, André Gomes; Rafinha, Munir and Denis.
Alignment of the Tottenham: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Carter-Vickers, Davies, Walker-Peters, Masters, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lucas, Are, Llorente.