FC Barcelona return home tomorrow for their traditional curtain raiser as they prepare to contest the Joan Gamper Trophy against Serie A runners-up, AS Roma at the Camp Nou. The match serves as the presentation for the first team squad for the upcoming season and typically, we see some spectacular football dished up alongside that. However, with sterner opposition in the form of i Giallorossi, perhaps it would be prudent to leave the 8-0 predictions back at home this year.
Of course, this will be the Blaugrana’s final match of a somewhat inconsistent and shaky pre-season campaign, so all eyes will be Luis Enrique’s side ahead of next week’s UEFA Super Cup clash with UEFA Europa League winners and La Liga rivals, Sevilla FC.