Messi already scores in pairs, Luis Suárez still does not count for Koeman

Koeman's second friendly match for Barça made several things clear.

On the one hand, the Dutchman continues to search openly

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The Argentine, again, was part of a starting team in which he introduced the odd tweak with respect to last Saturday.

And he even inaugurated his preseason scoring account.

The first goal, with a very plastic action.

The second, with a shot slightly deflected by a defender.

The duel on the other hand, also showed that, although he is willing to make a hole for him if he stays,

Barça coach's

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It is not a question that a hypothetical injury could frustrate his transfer.

Nor did his call come in, probably for the same reason, Rafinha, while Arturo Vidal, in the absence of it being made official, can already be practically as a new Inter player.

In football terms, the new Barça coach also maintained his commitment to 4-2-3-1 and this time he won a hard-fought victory against Girona, but which reflected on the scoreboard the same result as the one achieved against Nàstic (3-1).

Coutinho, who started

this time, with a shot that poisoned himself after touching a defender and ended up on the crossbar, gave the first warning against a very orderly and disciplined Girona in defensive tasks.

It was difficult for the Barça fans to find dangerous options while their rivals managed to insistently prowl Neto's area.

Little by little, Koeman's team began to feel more comfortable on the grass.

Messi had the second great option of his own, with an unexpected touch that the rival goalkeeper, Juan Carlos, managed to disrupt.

It was only the prelude to a braided action between Griezmann, Messi and Trincao that Coutinho himself only had to push to the back of the net to score 1-0.

Girona, far from being intimidated, remained in their thirteen.

He continued searching with unshakable faith for the rival area while making things very difficult for Barça to haunt their own.

, always overwhelmed by a sticky Ibrahima, in fact, was about to cost the Catalans a serious displeasure.

Trincao

Araujo, another novelty of the starting team, however, managed to hold Valery's race and finally derail the visiting option.

Coutinho, in the final stretch of the first half, would respond for his part with a shot from the front deflected by the goalkeeper of the Girona team.

The goal would be right again to disrupt a foul launched in a subtle way by Messi, but he could do nothing practically immediately afterwards for the Argentine to inaugurate his scoring locker in this preseason with the 2-0 for Koeman's.

Trincao, who already left a very good feeling against Nàstic, was perhaps the player Messi sought most insistently on the pitch.

To such an extent that he even made some corrections after Coutinho opened the scoring in the initial moments of the first half.

Koeman, again, was characterized by attending the meeting with an unusual calm, almost contemplative.

Things, quite possibly, will be totally different as soon as the official competition starts.

Much grace, surely, it would not make Samu Saiz, as soon as the second half started, take advantage of a recovery by Jairo against an unfortunate De Jong to cut distances with 2-1, but that did not cause the Barça coach to leave his more leisurely ways to show that strong character that has supported him to reach the end of the Camp Nou bench.

Messi, very shortly after, with a shot slightly deflected by Ramalho, one of the novelties for the second half at Girona, would be in charge of putting land in the middle again with 3-1.

Koeman, later than against Nàstic, changed practically the entire team, with the exceptions of Araujo and Neto, while Girona, who had already made six changes at halftime, would also finish remodeling their entire eleven with five more substitutions made at the same time as Barça.

Pedri, who started last Saturday against Girona, would try to increase the distances with a shot well deflected by Suárez, a replacement in the Girona goal of Juan Carlos.

The older youth of the, on this occasion, Barça's B-side helped him to overturn with more energy in attack.Pedri, again, had a good option in a brilliant counter led by Konrad, but he found the right one again intervention of the rival goal.

And the same happened after the execution of the corresponding corner kick.

However, Barça's spirits faded with the passing of the minutes and the scoreboard did not move again.

Now, Koeman's team will face their third test next Saturday against Elche, in the traditional Joan Gamper trophy.

A tournament that, of course, will be played again without an audience, but that will be set at the Camp Nou instead of the Estadi Johan Cruyff, the scene of the first two friendlies of the Barcelona players in their preparation.

Next week, against Villarreal, the ball will roll seriously on the pitch.

Barça

: Net;

S. Roberto, Piqué, Araujo, J. Alba;

S. Busquets, De Jong;

Trincao, Griezmann, Coutinho and Messi.

Semedo, Aleñá, Dembélé, Lenglet, Braithwaite, Junior Firpo, Pedri, Riqui Puig and Konrad also played.

Girona

:Juan Carlos;

Calavera, Bernardo, Alcalá, Mojica;

Ibrahima Kebe, Gumbau, Jairo, Samu Saiz;

Valery and Turmo.

They also played: Ramalho, Granell, Zeballos, Enric Franquesa, Alex Gallar, Diamanka, J. Suárez, Joel Priego, Bueno, Maxi Villa and Pau Víctor.

Goals

: 1-0: Coutinho (min. 21).

2-0: Messi (min. 45).

2-1: Samu Saiz (min. 46).

3-1: Messi (min. 51).

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