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22:30 – Enrique blown away by Spain approach
Former Barcelona boss Luis Enrique has hailed his current Spain squad as possessing “the best behaviour and best attitude” he has seen as a coach.
21:30 – Barca face Berardi battle
Barcelona’s hijacking of Roma’s summer swoop for Brazilian forward Malcom has reportedly forced them to move quickly and head off interest in Italy’s Domenico Berardi.
13:00 – Messi-less Argentina beat Guatemala
Argentina’s new-look side played with “great intensity” in their convincing 3-0 win over Guatemala on Friday night.
The Argentina national team’s Twitter page used the hashtag #NewChallenge to refer to the game and it was a very different line-up to the one which played in the World Cup with Lionel Messi among those not making the trip Stateside.
Messi has scored four goals in Barcelona’s opening three games, including a brace in the 8-2 win over Huesca last weekend.
10:00 – Alba wants to finish career at Barcelona
Barcelona defender Jordi Alba has revealed that he hopes to end his career at the Camp Nou.
The Spanish left-back has been with the Blaugrana since 2012, when he joined from Valencia.
The 29-year-old, who has two years remaining on his current contract, has gone on to make over 150 appearances for the Catalan giants and intends to hang up his boots at his current club.