Luis Enrique felt his experimental Barcelona lineup was unfortunate to lose 1-0 against Espanyol in the annual Supercopa de Catalunya on Tuesday.
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Felipe Caicedo collected Jose Antonio Reyes' pass and rounded Barca's third-choice goalkeeper Jordi Masip for the only goal of the game after 10 minutes.
The likes of Jordi Alba, Arda Turan and Paco Alcacer were in Luis Enrique's starting XI, alongside French defender Jeremy Mathieu, who suffered an injury to his right calf.
"It was a good match and I saw a good effort from all of my players," the head coach told his club's official website.