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Player Ratings Napoli 0-4 Barcelona 10 August 2019 Friendly- How did Griezmann & De Jong Play?

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Round 2 of the Napoli vs Barcelona pre-season tussle went the way of the Spanish side as they secured an emphatic 4-0 win thanks to Luis Suarez’s brace.

It was a much changed Barca starting XI from the one that had edged the Partenopei 2-1 a few days ago. That game was more of a contest, this one not as much, as the ratings below show. Not a single Napoli player got more than 5, and all but one Barca player (Coutinho from the bench) got 6 or more.

Player ratings for the game from the Spanish papers. The likes of Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and Luis Suarez hugely impressive for Barca.

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Biggest ever Gamper Trophy attendance- 98,812 vs Arsenal | Trofeu Joan Gamper record crowds at Nou Camp

Barcelona’s Gamper Trophy clash against Arsenal last evening (August 4, 2019) produced a record attendance for the event, with a crowd of 98,812 watching the clash between the Gunners and FCB. The 98,812 crowd beat the previous record of 98,721, set in 2004 in Barca’s Gamper clash against AC Milan.

The crowd is also the third best at the Nou Camp in the last twenty years, only bettered by attendances in the league against arch rivals Real Madrid (2011/12 and 2015/16)

Trofeu Joan Gamper Biggest Crowds at the Nou Camp

biggest gamper trophy attendances Nou Camp

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Statistics- Real Madrid and Man Utd target Bruno Fernandes is also a clutch penalty taker

Young Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes, linked with the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid in the current 2019-20 summer transfer window, is also an excellent penalty taker.

The Portuguese press have taken note of the fact that Bruno has been instrumental in Sporting CP’s penalty shootout victories in the recent past. The 24 year old has been asked to take penalties on the last six occasions, and has scored in all!

Another fine penalty taker appears to be veteran French international Jeremy Mathieu, who also boasts of a 100% record (4/4). A player favoured to take penalties, but not supremely successful with them is former Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates, who now plies his trade in Lisbon.

A look at the stats below for Sporting’s incredible recent streak of penalty shootout wins (they’ve won the last seven they’ve been involved in)

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