In detail: Millionaire losses for Barça in California

The FC Barcelona asked that it cancelled the friendly against the Juventus with which the ones of Xavi Hernández went to give by inagurada his turns of pre-season by United States. A big number of the members of the staff have been victims of a vírus estomacal and are not in conditions to play. The blaugrana do not have more alternative and suspended the crash that had to contest during the morning of this Sunday, in Levi's Stadium of Los Angeles.

The true is that, although it had not announced at the beginning, the party has been cancelled definitively. In principle, it existed the possibility that it contested during the night of the Sunday (local hour), but has descartado because in the Barça understand that the players need at least 48 hours to recover totally of his intestinal problems. It was not viable reprogramarlo... And it will affect the economy of the culés.

The effects of the suspension for the Barça

The suspension of the friendly against the Juventus himself that will affect to the Catalans. Although it is true that will not have to pay a compensation to the organisers of the clash by not being able to play, will reduce considerably his income by turns it in the North American country. The journalist Toni Juanmartí has desvelado that the club will leave of ingresar between two and three million euros by the party.

On the other hand, 'SPORT' has announced that the fans that went to assist will recover the money of the entrances that had bought. For the culés only remains to expect that all the footballers are recovered of here to the day 26 July (27, in Spain), when it corresponds them play against the Arsenal of Mikel Arteta. The forecast is that, for this moment, everything was controlled and can 'go back' to the normality without any type of problems.

Joan Laporta gives the face by the Barça

In statements to the official means of the club, the president Joan Laporta has spoken on the suspension of the party and regretted that the club could not reencontrar with his fans in Los Angeles: "The life and the football produces these situations that brake a dynamics and that force you to change of plans. All had many win to see to the instrument champion of League with the new incorporations. It is a very hard hit by the players affected, to which wish a prompt recovery, and is hard by the fans of the Barça because all had win to see to the team".