Salzburg 2-1 Barça: Defeat at the Red Bull Arena - FC Barcelona
Red Bull Salzburg provided an extremely competitive preseason test for FC Barcelona on Wednesday, and ended up inflicting the first defeat of the preseason on the Catalans - the winner coming with practically the last kick of the game.
Lionel Messi's renewal with Barcelona to be announced imminently - Football Espana
An agreement between the player and the club was reached in principle three weeks ago, and will be made official imminently. Messi will return to Barcelona this week, and those at the club are already breathing easy; Joan Laporta has done what he promised to do.