Goals from Neymar, Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic gave Barcelona a 3-0 win over Rudi Garcia’s Roma side.
The result ensures that last season's Serie A runners-up are still without an pre-season victory, despite their penalty shootout win over Real Madrid a fortnight ago.
At a packed Camp Nou, new Giallorossi signings Wojciech Szczesny, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Iago Falque all started, with forwards Mattia Destro and Gervinho also given the nod.
Goals from Neymar, Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic gave Barcelona a 3-0 win over Rudi Garcia’s Roma side.
The result ensures that last season's Serie A runners-up are still without an pre-season victory, despite their penalty shootout win over Real Madrid a fortnight ago.
At a packed Camp Nou, new Giallorossi signings Wojciech Szczesny, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Iago Falque all started, with forwards Mattia Destro and Gervinho also given the nod.
Barcelona meanwhile lined-up with deadly attacking trio Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez. Javier Mascherano, who has been linked with a move to a number of Italian clubs of late, also started.
The game began with few opportunities, but it was the hosts who seriously threatened first. Ivan Rakitic’s effort drew a fine save out of new goalkeeper Szczesny, before the Croatian midfielder came even closer when his effort was blocked on the line by Yanga-Mbiwa and Rafinha failed to score with the rebound.
Barca did, however, take the lead not long after when Messi’s cross was flicked on my Jeremie Mathieu and finished off by Neymar.
Just under five minutes before the interval, it was two after Messi turned goalscorer by finishing off a long team move started by Suarez.
Garcia changed his entire starting 11 over the course of the second half, with Rakitic the only player from either side to last the entire 90 minutes.
It was the former Sevilla man who made the game safe for the hosts midway through the second period, rifling an unstoppable effort past the helpless Szczesny.
Barcelona 3 – 0 Roma
Neymar 26 (B), Messi 41 (B), Rakitic 66 (B)
Barcelona: Ter Stegen (Bravo 61); Mathieu (Pedro 61), Vermaelen (Alba 46) (Halilovic 76), Bartra, Alves (Sergi Roberto 60); Mascherano (Busquets 60), Rakitic, Rafinha (Pique 61); Messi (Iniesta 60), Suarez (Munir 60), Neymar (Ramirez 60)
Roma: Szczesny (De Sanctis 46); Torosidis (Cole 65), Castan (Manolas 46), Mapou (Romagnoli 70), Florenzi (Maicon 46); Keita (De Rossi 65), Nainggolan (Paredes 70), Pjanic (Ucan 65); Falque (Totti 65), Destro (Iturbe 46), Gervinho (Ljajic 65)