Tuesday, July 19, the day on which FC Barcelona will have its first exam in the preseason during this tour in North America. A classic is coming, but first, they must face Inter Miami. Since Saturday, the culé team has concentrated in the United States for this series of matches.
After facing Inter Miami, they will face Real Madrid, Juventus and will end the tour once morest New York Red Bulls. However, the great news is that on Saturday he might not travel Xavi Hernández with the Barça club delegation. The strategist was not allowed to enter the United States because in his time as a player when he was finishing it with Al Sadd in Qatar, they traveled to Iran for a few games.
The United States does not allow people who have entered Iran to reach the North American country without special permission. Xavi might not travel on Saturday, and he was doing all the paperwork so that there would be a green light on Monday and be able to join the preseason with the FC Barcelona.
However, there are two new problems for Xavi Hernández that do not yet allow him to travel to the United States. The first, that special permit called the ESTA, was denied, and they have not finished solving the issue of the special visa. From Spain they maintain that the procedures with the North American country are not easy, and that it may take a while to have that green light to join the tour. They don’t want to run the risk that he won’t be able to lead the game once morest Real Madrid on Saturday, July 23.
It is now official that Xavi Hernández will not be able to be in the first game once morest Inter Miami, waiting to see how the issue of that special permit that is required progresses. For this reason, who will be directing Barcelona once morest David Beckham’s team will be his brother, Óscar Hernández.
A lower profile as a footballer playing for clubs in lower categories than his brother, but being the key player in Xavi’s technical assistance, Óscar Hernández will have to lead the team in this first friendly. Óscar accompanied him in his experience as a strategist at Al Sadd.