Barcelona club canceled its friendly match against Preston North End, which was scheduled during its training camp in England, due to circumstances related to the opposing team.
Hamza Abdel Karim
Club: Barcelona
The cancellation decision came after Preston suffered several absences, which would have forced them to rely on a large number of under-21 players, prompting Barcelona's coaching staff led by Hans Flick not to play the match.
The goal of the match was to test Barcelona players in a strong competitive atmosphere during the preparation period, but the absence of key elements from the English team prevented that.
Barcelona's coaching staff decided to replace the match with a training session in order to maintain the preparation program in the best possible way.
On another note, Barcelona is considering ending its training camp in England and returning early to Spain, instead of the previously scheduled date after the friendly match.
Barcelona continues its preparations for the new season under Flick's leadership, as the team seeks to perform strongly in domestic and European competitions.
Hamza Abdel Karim scored Barcelona's two goals in the team's second friendly match against Birmingham, which ended 2-2 before the English team won 3-2 on penalties.
Hamza Abdel Karim scored for the first time with Barcelona's first team after being promoted during the preparation period.
Hans Flick, Barcelona's coach, included Hamza in his options during the preparation period after his return from participating with the Egypt national team at the World Cup.
Barcelona played the second friendly match after achieving a big victory in the first friendly against Europa 4-1 behind closed doors.
