'The result is a shame' - Pique shares his view on Barcelona performance after pre-season tour

The final preparations of Barcelona before the upcoming season of La Liga didn’t go as planned. During the Joan Gamper Trophy match AS Monaco Barcelona was defeated 3-0 as AS Monaco won the trophy. During the match, Barcelona got many chances but failed to capitalise on them. 

During the game, all three goals against Barcelona were scored in the second half of the match. Firstly the goal was scored Lamine Camara scored the first goal of the match in the 50th minute from close-range. While Christian Mawissa scored a goal to seal the match. Meanwhile, Lamine Yamal failed to score and give assists. While for Barcelona Inigo Martinez failed to score an open goal.

This season Barcelona will be under new manager Hansi Flick as they have sacked Xavi after going trophyless last season. Barcelona ended in second position in La Liga losing the title to Real Madrid and losing major titles. They lost the title to Real Madrid by 10 points. During this break, Barcelona appointed Hansi Flick as their new manager. Hansi Flick's appointment came as Barcelona needs to win titles in the upcoming season.

Hansi Flick's first task was to boost Barcelona players and make them fight for titles. During the pre-season, Barcelona won two out of three matches as they defeated Premier League title winners Manchester City and La Liga Real Madrid in the United States. But failed to win against AC Milan as they ended their last pre-season match with defeat.

On the USA tour they achieved good results - Pique 

During the interaction with Pique he spoke on the Barcelona pre-season performance he said, "The result is a shame because, for many of the youth team players, it was their first game here. On the USA tour, they achieved good results and have shown that they can play in the first team." While Barcelona will start their La Liga tournament against Valencia on 17^th August.