Barcelona's Luis Suárez is carrying the team in the 2015 ICC without Lionel Messi and Neymar. (Photo : Reuters)
Spanish league champions Barcelona will face Italian club Fiorentina at their home field of Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on August 2. This match will be the final for Barça in the 2015 International Champions Cup friendly tournament.
Barça had a rough tourney so far as it lost two of three games, the last one at the FedEx Field in Landover on Tuesday against Premier League kings Chelsea via a penalty shootout, 2-2 (2-4), as reported by The Guardian.
Luis Enrique's men are short of two of their best players in Lionel Messi and Neymar who are both still resting after participating in last month's Copa America for their home nations.
Without their top two scorers, it was Luis Suárez who picked up the slack but it was evidently not enough to bring down the Blues.
Previously, the Camp Nou residents were crushed by European powerhouse Manchester United, 1-3, as Louis van Gaal's squad flexed its scoring muscles behind team captain Wayne Rooney.
Barcelona is hoping that it can score a second win against Fiorentina to finish their preseason tour at a 50 percent card of 2-2.
Meanwhile, the Viola won its last ICC friendly against the tough Portuguese champs Benfica also via a penalty shootout, 0-0 (5-4), according to Bleacher Report.
It was replacement goalie Luca Lezzerini who stopped Moroccan Mehdi Carcela-González to preserve the win for the Gigliati.
The prediction is a 3-1 victory by Barça over Viola. Suárez and the gang are itching for a major win in this summer's friendlies and they will get it versus the Italians.
Barcelona starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): ter Stergen; Bartra, Douglas, Adriano, Mathieu; Rakitić, Busquets, Iniesta; Suárez, Munir, Sandro
Fiorentina starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Tătărușanu; Rodríguez, Camporese, Pasqual; Joaquin, Valero, Fernandez, Ilicic, Alonso; Gomez, Rossi
