Fiorentina Coach Paulo Sousa gets his home debut against Treble winners Barcelona in the International Champions Cup.

It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi this evening at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

This is the first match in Florence for new boss Sousa, who replaced Vincenzo Montella in June.

Giuseppe Rossi is also back in front of the Curva Fiesole after another lengthy injury ruled him out for practically the entire season.

He has been playing in some friendlies over the summer, but is on the bench tonight.

Fiorentina Coach Paulo Sousa gets his home debut against Treble winners Barcelona in the International Champions Cup.

It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi this evening at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

This is the first match in Florence for new boss Sousa, who replaced Vincenzo Montella in June.

Giuseppe Rossi is also back in front of the Curva Fiesole after another lengthy injury ruled him out for practically the entire season.

He has been playing in some friendlies over the summer, but is on the bench tonight.

Barcelona made the trip without Leo Messi, Neymar, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Jeremy Mathieu, Arda Turan and Douglas.

They do start the likes of Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta under the tutelage of Coach Luis Enrique.

Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Roncaglia, Pasqual; Borja Valero, Badelj, Joaquin, Bernardeschi, Babacar, Ilicic

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Pique, Vermaelen, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Iniesta; Rafinha, Suarez, Pedro

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