The participation of the FC Barcelona women’s team is the great novelty of the 56th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy, which will be held this Sunday August 8 at the Camp Nou against Juventus. It will be the first time that the blaugrana participate in the historic tournament and ‘sums up’, in a way, the great growth that women’s football has had in recent yearss and the relevance it has gained for the Catalans institutionally.
And it was the ‘golden’ girls who They have been in charge of giving Barça happiness in recent months. A historic triplet, with the League, the King’s Cup and the Champions League, was the icing on the cake for a historic 2020-2021 season in which they demonstrated from start to finish their greatness in European football … And now they are going for more.
The team led Jonatan Giráldez will return to the Camp Nou for the Joan Gamper dispute, opening the ‘party’ at 6:00 p.m. (in Spain) to face a Champions League rival, Juventus, which has very important players such as Girelli, Bonansea, Sara Gama O Peyraud-Magnin, former Atlético de Madrid footballer. It will be a key ‘test’ for the Catalans, at the beginning of Giráldez’s stage as Barça coach.
The truth is that it will be the third time that the Catalans face the ‘Vecchia Signora’, after the double clash in the 2019-2020 Champions League, that ended with two victories for Barça: 0-2 in Turin, with goals from Alexia and Torrejón and 2-1 in the Johan Cruyff stadium, with another target from Alexia and Girelli on their own goal.
The public returns to the Camp Nou
In addition to the important step towards equality and visibility of women’s football, the Joan Gamper Trophy will be marked by the return of fans to the Camp Nou. The FC Barcelona confirmed that they will be able to ‘fill’ 20% of the total capacity of the Barcelona enclosure, which will allow 19,869 spectators to support the culé team again after a year and a half with the stands in silence, as a result of the sanitary measures adopted in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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