Barcelona start life without Lionel Messi with a 3-0 win over Juventus in Gamper Trophy

Barcelona started life without Lionel Messi on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Juventus in the pre-season Gamper Trophy. Messi had earlier on Sunday said his farewells to the club he had served for 20 years at a tearful news conference. Memphis Depay opened the scoring for Barcelona after just three minutes with Martin Braithwaite adding a second goal just before the hour mark from a corner. Young hope Riqui Puig scored a third in stoppage time with a fine left foot drive. In Sunday’s other high-profile friendly, Real Madrid and AC Milan fought to a 0-0 stalemate. Spain’s La Liga season gets underway on Friday while the Italian Serie A starts on 22 August.