translated from Spanish: Barcelona won their first friendly with Koeman as DT and Messi’s starter

On Saturday afternoon, Barcelona played their first friendly after the controversial 8-2 win against Bayern Munich.It was with Ronald Koeman as coach, Lionel Messi as a starter and against Gimnástic, a second division team based in Tarragona.Finishing 3-1, Barcelona was able to return to victory after all the controversies between the management , Messi’s failed departure and the exclusion of key players like Luis Suarez.
The first goal was scored by Ousmane Dembélé within 6 minutes of the first half and the second took just over ten minutes to arrive. Antoine Griezmann, 2018 World Cup champion with Dembélé, scored the second penalty goal and without celebrating it.
In the 31st minute, Javi Bonilla, gimnástic’s left-back, scored the second goal to discount. However, Philippe Coutinho, in the second half, sentenced the result. On penalties, the player, who returned from Bayern Munich after becoming Champions League champions, scored the goal and excited the fans I blamed for this second stage at the club. Lionel Messi, for his part, was involved in creating plays, but it was not accurate when shooting at the bow and did not ask for the penalties to kick them and score.
Although he was a friendly, many star players did not set foot on the field: Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal were not called up, nor was Miralem Pjani, Barcelona’s most recent signing. 
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