The Joan Gamper Trophy, which honors Hans-Max Gamper Haessig – founder and president of the Football Association Barcelona-, serves as the culé team’s presentation for the start of each season. Since its establishment in 1966 There have been many clubs, and from different parts of the world, that have attended.
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The announcement of Trophy Club sul Gamper https://t.co/CeFEe7DwNV#ASRome pic.twitter.com/XRUJ5XhvMT
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) June 27, 2022
On June 15th Barcelona Football Clubthrough their social networks, announced that the Rome Italian would be the rival for the Joan Gamper Trophy for August 6, but the Italians – unilaterally – decided not to attend.
Through a press release, the club from the Italian capital announced its non-participation due to “The need to modify the programming of the summer friendly in order to create the best possible working conditions” and added that he would continue with his own “preparation with other commitments, less impactful in terms of travel.”
For its part, Barcelona announced on June 27 that “The Legal Department of the Club is studying the appropriate actions to claim compensation from the Italian team that this unexpected and unjustified decision provokes FC Barcelona and its fans.”
Which team will play Barcelona in Joan Gamper 2022?
Considering that on August 6 clubs from England, Germany, France and Holland will already be in league activity, the margin of available teams is reduced. The Milan from Italyin the last few hours, it appears as one of the strongest options.
🔙 Gamper 2010
⚽ Barca – Milan
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) March 21, 2020
The last time Milan attended the Gamper was in 2010. The match ended 1-1 (David Villa scored for Barcelona, while Filippo Inzaghi equalized for Rossoneri) and on penalties the Catalans won 3-1.
