Barcelona faced defeat in the first pre-season match

By wearing the Catalan club’s jersey, Antoine Griezmann made his debut earlier today but still, Barcelona faced defeat in the first pre-seas...

By wearing the Catalan club’s jersey, Antoine Griezmann made his debut earlier today but still, Barcelona faced defeat in the first pre-season match! He could not provide such eye-catchy performance in his debut match and failed to make it a memorable day. In Japan, Barcelona has started their pre-season competitions and their first match opponent was the UEFA Europa League champion Chelsea. In the match, Barcelona was defeated by 2-1 goals. Through the match, the French star Griezmann made his debut officially.

Ahead of the La Liga new season, like every team, Barcelona has also started the pre-season competition but excluding their top star Lionel Messi, Barcelona has stumbled. It seems that at the beginning of the pre-season schedule, Barcelona has followed Juventus and Real Madrid. All three teams faced the defeat in their first pre-season match each. At the Saitama Stadium in Japan, earlier today, the Catalan club faced the Blues. In the match, Griezmann’s team faced the defeat by a 2- 1 goal.

In the first half, Chelsea went ahead by a 1 – 0 goal. In the 34th minute of the game, Chelsea striker Abraham led his team ahead where Barcelona player Sergio Busquets played a little role. He made a wrong pass and the Chelsea striker used the chance. Jorginho took control of the ball from the Spanish midfielder and passed it to Abraham.

Full-time: Chelsea 2-1 Barcelona!

Goals from @tammyabraham and @RBarkley8 secure the win in our final game in Japan! #CFCinJapan pic.twitter.com/BD0JdfmUPs

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 23, 2019

However, in the 81st minute of the game, Barkley increased the goal difference double and almost secured the game. In the additional minute of the game, Ivan Rakitic made the scoreline 2 – 1.

In the match, Barcelona grounded two new players which have joined at the Camp Nou this summer transfer window. From the Atletico Madrid, in exchange for 107 million pounds, Barcelona bought Antoine Griezmannwho was grounded with the first eleven.

The awareness. The touch. The finish.
Chelsea 2-0 Barcelona pic.twitter.com/YUs6ZijrXz

— Lampard’s Chelsea (@BringBackKalas) July 23, 2019

He played well in the first half but in the 20th minute of the game, Chelsea midfielder Jorginho tackled him so hard. When Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were not in the squad, the French star tried hard to get the focus. Another new star De Jong was almost grounded from the bench. In the 2nd half, Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde almost chanced the complete eleven.

In the ongoing month, former midfielder of the Blues Lampard has been positioned as the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea. However, he led his team to the victory in his first exam though it was a pre-season match. After winning the Rakuten Cup in Japan, now Chelsea will head back to the London for playing the rest pre-season matches. But, Barcelona will stay in Japan and in the next Saturday, the Spanish club will face the Iniesta’s club Vissel Kobe.

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