Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez scored twice, with Marcus Rashford defeating COMO 5-0 in the 2025 Joan Gamper Trophy.
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– Football Club Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) August 10, 2025
Barca’s final game before the Laliga campaign began proved against Serie A parade team, grabbing a loose pass from Lopez, moving into the fine area and waving a low left foot shot, surpassing goalkeeper Jean Butez for an opening goal.
The midfielder curled in a beautiful second time after 14 minutes, then Raphinha hit the Rashford cross on the right from close range, part of the first 45-minute appearance of the first male British player to start for the club since Gary Lineker in 1989.
Three minutes before the break, the Spanish feeling shrank from the box for three minutes within four minutes of restart, and the 18-year-old and his teammates believe that Barcelona may not be overly troubled after the injury of 2024/25 Best Scoreman Robert Lewandowski.
Barcelona vs Como: Joan Gamper 2025
The annual competition was held at the 6,000-capacity Estadi Johan Cruyff, as renovations of the house at the Barcelona camp are not yet complete.
Rashford was supposed to have opened his account for the host in the half game, but after getting the ball to Ding and Des, he shot from close range and won an extraordinary miss.
United Academy products, along with other Barcelona teams and staff, were shown to fans during pre-match ceremonies, from the tunnels to the light show.
Barcelona lineup and Como
Lewandowski, who scored 42 goals in 52 games in all competitions last season to help Barcelona win the championship Laliga, missed the hamstring problem.
Goalkeeper Marc Ter Stegen has performed more surgery on lower back issues, and Marc Bernal is waiting for a full-definite surgery for the midfielder to recover from a long-term knee injury.
Italy’s top Como starters include Sergi Roberto who joined Barcelona in Barcelona between 2006 and 2024 and Alex Valle who joined Como from Barca in January.
They are managed by former Barcelona midfielder CESC Fabregas, who delivered a series of pre-match speeches on the court.
“Thank you so much for your support last year,” manager Hansi Flick told the crowd (VAI) when speaking Spanish, the Germans were preparing for his second season.
“We had some great moments together. It was a special year and we wanted to continue this wonderful story.
“In the new season, we will work hard and there are no excuses. We hope to win many games and many championships. Long live Barca and Live Live Catalunya.”
Barcelona Beginning XI: Joan Garcia; Eric, Cubarsi, Araujo, Balde; Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Fermin; Yamal, Rafenha, Rashford
Barcelona alternatives: Gavi, Ferran, Inaki Pena, Christensen, Casado, Roone, Kounde, Szczesny, Jofre, Dro, Dro, Fernandez, Guille, Guille, Kochen, Kochen, Fort, Fort, Martin
When will Barcelona’s 2025/26 Laliga season begin?
Barca started Mallorca’s season at 16:30 on Saturday, August 16 at 16:30 BST’s Mallorca, who had her 10th season last season.
They are expected to play in at least the first three games of the season, and work at Camp No, ends, meaning they won’t play at home until mid-September at the earliest.
El Classico’s first part on 2025/26 will be heading to Matchweek 10 in Real Madrid in late October at Barca.
Marcus Rashford Statistics
Rashford joined Barcelona’s season loan, reportedly cutting 25% of its salary, part of a deal that offered his loan club a £30.3 million purchase option and the 27-year-old with a £30.3 million purchase option.
The former Manchester United top scorer has created four goals and six assists in Villa’s 17 appearances, and has been a periphery for Manchester United since Ruben Amorim was appointed manager in November.
Villa Manager Unai Emery started Rashford in the 2023/24 Champions League knockout round and scored twice in his last four league matches.
He made his debut on the bench with a 3-1 victory with a 3-1 victory with a 3-1 victory in Japan in July.
