Koeman opens with victory and with Messi as a starter

Leo Messi was a starter in the first friendly of the atypical preseason that Barça is signing.

A duel that ended with a triumph from Barcelona (3-1) at the

, from Second Division B. Ronald Koeman is very clear that the Argentine, of course, has to be fundamental in his project and therefore not he did not hesitate to place him on the field of play at the first exchange.

Luis Suárez and Arturo Vidal, meanwhile, did not even dress short.

Both do not enter into the plans of the new Barcelona coach.

Neither did

enter the list

, who could also be looking for equipment, Ansu Fati, with a contusion on his hip, Ter Stegen, convalescing from his knee operation, Pjanic and Todibo, who have just been discharged after their positive by COVID-19, nor Umtiti, who has also already tested negative in PCR tests, but remains on leave due to a knee injury that is eternalizing in time.

Koeman's first lineup confirmed what, until now, was nothing short of an open secret: His bet will be

.

Sergi Roberto seems to be his preferred option for the right back, with Jordi Alba immovable on the left and Piqué and Lenglet in the center.

Fewer conclusions can be drawn from the other positions.

In the midfield, for his part, Aleñá formed alongside Sergio Busquets, while in the midfielder Messi and Pedri exchanged their positions on the right wing and in the center, respectively, with Dembélé on the left wing and Griezmann as a point reference.

In the absence of Luis Suárez, Messi found another good friend,

.

The bulk of the squad, in addition, also maintains its full confidence in the Argentine.

One more year, he will be the first Barça captain, with Sergio Busquets again as second in command, Gerard Piqué as third and Sergi Roberto as fourth. As soon as the initial whistle sounded, he showed his customary involvement.

He even had his pluses and minuses with the odd rival.

However, he preferred to give Griezmann the penalty shot committed on Piqué that would mean the second goal for Barcelona a little over the first quarter of an hour of play.

Long before, Dembélé had already been in charge of opening the scoreboard by beating Wilfred, the goal of the Tarragona team, with a very subtle shot, when the first five minutes of the duel had barely been played.

Koeman, after that first goal, in a brief conversation, without any fuss, tried to correct something that he had not liked about Dembélé's initial game.

Perhaps too individualistic.

The Nastic, despite the two goals conceded, far from decomposing, tried to deploy in attack with a certain insistence.

And he ended up finding a prize near the first half hour of play, with the 2-1 scored by Bonilla.

And he even had a great option to go to rest with the 2-2 on the scoreboard that Barça almost took off the line.

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