Schedule, TV, possible XI and background: Everything you need to know about the City-Barça tour

Published:29/07/2024 - 18:57h

Updated:6/08/2024 - 10:04h

Hansi Flick will begin his era at FC Barcelona facing Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in his first friendly match in the United States and the Catalans already have an advantage

The Blaugrana team is already in the United States to begin its tour on North American soil. After a long trip of more than 10 hours, the expedition landed in Orlando on Sunday and this Monday the first training sessions began at the University of Central Florida (UCF) facilities.

This Tuesday, July 30, the culés will face Manchester City in the first friendly match of the tour of the USA. It will be the eighth match between both clubs and the second friendly. The others have been for the Champions League. The balance is in favor of Barça with 5 victories in the Champions League. The only defeat dates back to November 2016, with a 3-1 in the group stage of the European club tournament, when Luis Enrique and Lionel Messi were still on the team. The tie was in a friendly in 2022, with a 3-3 result in a solidarity match promoted by Juan Carlos Unzué.

We must also remember that the Blaugrana will not be able to count on the injured Gavi, Pedri, Ronald Araújo, Ansu Fati and Frenkie de Jong. Eric García, Fermín López and Pau Cubarsí, who are at the Olympic Games, will not be there either, nor will Lamine Yamal, who is still on vacation. Furthermore, it should be noted that Raphinha and Gündogan, who joined the group this Monday, and Jules Koundé, who will surely join the group this Tuesday, will not play either.

City arrives more rolling than Barça

Pep Guardiola's men arrive more grounded than the Barcelona fans because they have already played two friendlies, where they have lost to Celtic (3-4) and Milan (2-3). The Spanish coach has suffered thanks to the losses of the players who have not yet returned from their vacation after the Euro Cup.

Manchester City has been in the United States for more than a week, where they are preparing their next season and the Community Shield match, which they will play on August 10 against Manchester United, in which the first title of the 2024 season will be at stake. /25. In the match against Barcelona, players like Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish are expected to be present, who will represent an interesting challenge for the culé team.

Schedule and where to watch Barça - Manchester City

Barcelona's debut in the USA against Manchester City will be at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando. The meeting will take place in the early hours of Tuesday the 30th to Wednesday the 31st at 01:00, Spanish time. All of the culé team's preseason matches can be enjoyed free-to-air on TV3. Other options to watch this match in Spain are Movistar+ on TV and 3Cat via streaming.

Probable lineups

Manchester City (4-3-3): Ortega; Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Mbete-Tabu, Wilson-Esbrand; Kalvin Phillips, O'Reilly, Bobb; McAtee, Grealish and Haaland.FC
FC Barcelona (4-4-2): Iñaki Peña; Fort, Christensen, Iñigo Martínez, Álex Valle; Casadó, Oriol Romeu; Pablo Torre, Marc Bernal; Vítor Roque and Lewandowski.