The FC Barcelona already is in Ann Arbor, where in the next hours will play the last friendly party of the pre-season 2019 against the Napoli, rival to the that already won the Thursday with a meritorio 1-2. The expedition of Ernesto Valverde ultima the preparation before initiating the official competitions, and his go through North American earths is generating a big attention mediática, as it was to expect.
They were a lot of the fans that gave the welcome to the FC Barcelona in Michigan this Friday, and so much Luis Suárez like Antoine Griezmann were of the most acclaimed players by the 'fans'. The Uruguayan forward did photos and shared autographs with an Uruguayan family that had travelled on purpose to greet him, whereas Griezmann attended kindly to all those who asked him a signature or an instantaneous.
Also other players of the Barça and the own Ernesto Valverde devoted some minutes to the followers culés, and remains clear that the FC Barcelona has achieved, along these last years, expand to the maximum his mark and degree mediático in United States. True is that it is not the main catchword, Leo Messi, but even so the presence of the Catalan team in North America no unobserved raisin for the fans to the 'soccer'.
In Michigan, the FC Barcelona will contest the last party of pre-season and will centre from then in assaulting Saint Mamés the weekend of 17 August, still without knowing if it will play the Friday or the Saturday in front of the Athletic of Bilbao. The most likely is that Leo Messi was not to 100% to play the party, still lesionado and without having been able to accumulate too many trainings after arriving of his holidays.
Griezmann And Luis Suárez, a necessary chemistry
Griezmann And Luis Suárez, therefore, have all the ballots to share forward in The Cathedral in a trident with Ousmane Dembélé. It can that the Barça do not have available to Leo Messi, but the signing of Griezmann allows to reduce the degree of worry and, expects , the 'Messi-Dependency' that has affected to the team in the plane goleador practically from does a decade.
The French star still has not premièred in this pre-season 2019, after four parties contested. It needs to adapt to the new style of game of a very distinct team to the Athletic of Madrid, and begin to congeniar with his new mates. The aim is that, when it annotate his first goal, win confidence and can turn into a decisive footballer for the Barça in attack. Regarding Luis Suárez, in the Gamper remained clear that has not lost the smell of goal, and that has arrived perfectly recovered of the physical ailment that prevented him play the last parties of the last course. The Barça, with alternatives to the '10'.