Fermín López was the standout player in Barça’s 5-0 win over Como in the 60th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy. He scored both the two opening goals, one with each foot, and was the obvious choice to be named Estrella (‘Star’) of the game, as voted by FC Barcelona website users.
For the first of goals he pounced on a mix-up in the Italian defence, and a quarter of an hour later he was on the end of a Frenkie de Jong assist to blast a beauty into the top corner of the net.
“It was a game about building confidence ready for the start of La Liga” he said after receiving his prize. “The important thing is the team did a very good job.”
Recent MVPs
Fermín thus adds his name to the list of other players who have been named man of the match at the annual curtain-raiser to the blaugrana season:
– Gamper 2024: Barça 0-3 Monaco – Pau Víctor
– Gamper 2023: Barça 4-2 Tottenham – Frenkie de Jong
– Gamper 2022: Barça 6-0 Pumas – Lewandowski
– Gamper 2021: Barça 3-0 Juventus – Neto
– Gamper 2020: Barça 1-0 Elche – Coutinho
– Gamper 2019: Barça 2-1 Arsenal – Frenkie de Jong
– Gamper 2018: Barça 3-0 Boca Juniors – Leo Messi