FC Barcelona Hammered By Monaco, Loses First Joan Gamper Since 2012

FC Barcelona was hammered 3-0 by AS Monaco on the Montjuic Stadium on Monday evening, in flip shedding the Joan Gamper Trophy for the primary time in 12 years.

The night began with whistles for top earners Frenkie de Jong and Clement Lenglet whereas the primary staff squad was offered earlier than kick off, as is custom in what’s regarded to be Barca’s season opener earlier than its La Liga debut.

However there could be extra boos to comply with because the Catalans had been overwhelmed on the again by their French guests and conceded three sloppy second half objectives.

Barca went down the tunnel with the rating tied 0-0 at half time, with Raphinha having a profitable effort dominated offside.

Head coach Hansi Flick hooked defender Andreas Christensen and midfielder Pablo Torre through the interval to introduce Sergi Dominguez and Ilkay Gundogan.

Within the latter talked about German’s case, nevertheless, he might muster barely greater than 20 minutes earlier than being introduced off for Ferran Torres.

Gundogan was blamed by some followers for slowing down Barca’s tempo, and it was simply 4 minutes after his introduction that the primary purpose was conceded.

Amid a mix-up on the again, Marc Bernal was quick asleep when receiving the ball and oblivious to Lamine Camara’s urgent him forward of netting his aspect’s opener.

Gundogan shedding the ball resulted in Breel Embolo doubling Monaco’s account across the hour mark as Christian Mawissa made it three 4 minutes from time.

There have been boos within the speedy aftermath of the final of these two strikes, and a “confused” Barca was roasted by SPORT for taking part in “with out spark, with out depth, with out stress, [and] with out pace”.

“There isn’t a mobility, the circulation of the ball may be very sluggish and on high of that the staff is exhibiting a really tender defence. 5 days till the [La Liga] debut in Valencia, the emotions will not be good in any respect,” the Catalan paper added.

By means of the loss, Barca ceded the Joan Gamper Trophy for the primary time since 2012 when Sampdoria beat it 1-0 in Camp Nou.