Two clubs looking to return to form will do battle today in a friendly between HJK Helsinki and Barcelona. The match scheduled for 10 a.m. ET will be held at Sonera Stadium in Helsinki and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
It hasn't been a rosy preseason for Barcelona's Claudio Bravo. The goalkeeper conceded the only goal against Napoli in the club's 1-0 defeat in Geneva, something he wholeheartedly took blame for in his post-match press conference.
"I was enjoying a comfortable match, where I had very little issue in handling things," Bravo said (via Inside Spanish Football). "The goal was my fault, without a doubt, a lapse in concentration. I saw him shooting from afar and I thought I could bat it away."
"These things happen to goalkeepers," he added. "One has to learn to live with these things. I haven't been training for that long, although that's no excuse. It's not the first time it's happened to me, nor is the first time a goalkeeper has made a mistake. In the first half, I had a great stop."
Bravo will look to rebound and make additional great stops against HJK this afternoon.
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: One of the newly acquired talents charged with controlling the midfield for Barcelona this season is 26-year-old Ivan Rakitic. The former Sevilla man made 34 league appearances last season, finishing with 10 assists and an average of 2.3 key passes per match.
HJK Helsinki's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Tørnes, Sorsa, Moren, Heikkinen, Lampi, Tainio, Schüller, Alho, Väyrynen, Lod, Savage
Barcelona's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Stegen; Montoya, Mathieu, Bartra, Alba; Samper, Rakitic, Roberto; Haddadi, Deulofeu, Pedro
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