The Gamper stays at home. And at times it seemed that he would escape to London because Tottenham was very well established and comfortable on the pitch. But what the English did not have is Lamine Yamal. The youth squad player appeared to unbalance a Gamper as Messi did against Juventus years ago and knocks on the door of the first team with all of the law. He was involved in the team’s last three goals to sign a comeback that put an end to the bad taste in the mouth that a defeat in the team’s debut at the Lluís Companys would have left. His entry, Gündogan’s and Abde’s revolutionized a Barça still tender and lacking in rhythm that had allowed Tottenham to come back
You can never draw big conclusions from friendly matches. Not even Barça was a great team after thrashing Real Madrid in the classic of the tour for USA neither for beating Milan clearly in the last match before returning to Barcelona nor now is it a mediocrity for losing to Tottenham in the Joan Gamper trophy. What the duel against the English did show is that those of Xavi They still need to improve and they are green to be considered as a completely reliable team at the beginning of August.
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there are still many things to polish and it is necessary that players called to carry the weight of the team during the season take a step forward in a more forceful way. Faced with a serious Tottenham and without Harry Kane, Xavi’s men were incapable of making a big difference, even though the Barca coach didn’t hold anything back and brought out a base team that could well start on Sunday in the league debut against Getafe.
Solo Christensen and Gundoganone of the starting theorists, stayed in the booth and Gavi did appear, absent throughout the preseason due to back problems.
Barça came out eager and willing to offer a good show to the fans. He started well, playing with the lines close together, pressing effectively and with a Raphinha and a Lewandowski, the attacking couple in the absence of Dembélé, very plugged in. A combination between the two led to the early goal by the Pole, when they had barely been played for three minutes. But Barca’s good feelings faded after a quarter of an hour. The English took possession of the ball and that’s where the problems began.
Romeu, Pedri, Gavi, De Jong They were able to take the handle of the match and the English took advantage of it. They did a lot of damage on the left wing where Perisic, despite his 34 years, showed that he still has football in his boots and that if you let him play easily he will destroy you.
It was precisely he who launched Reguilón so that he could serve a ball to The Celso, Xavi’s goal for the midfield of his Barça, who ran into the post but the rebound was picked up by Skipp to sign the tie. Things would get worse for Barça because shortly after Araujo asked for the change due to some inconvenience and instead I enter Sergio Roberto. Shortly before the break Perisic he put a ball to Skip for him to finish off with a header and sign the 1-2. Could sign the third Solomon just before Romeu pardoned the tie before the break.
The revolution
Stronger and better physically, Tottenham set the pace of the game in the second half and it didn’t seem like Barça would be able to get their hands on the English team, who was able to seal the game with an action from Porro. What they didn’t count on is the power of Lamine Yamal’s talent and youth. His appearance was magical. Together with Gündogan and Abde they changed the game completely. Also Ferran Torres, Barça’s top scorer this preseason. The Valencian equalized after receiving a measured cross from the youngster from the team on the right, who put it delicately with the outside.
It seemed that the game would go to extra time but Lamine made Reguilón dizzy for his band, he passed it to Ferran and he assisted Ansu Fati to sign the 3-2 crossover shot. Madness in the stands of Lluís Companys with Barça’s ’10’ goal, confirming that he can be a key part of the team this season. But Lamine Yamal did not have enough. In the addition, he again exposed Reguilón to give it to ferminwho attended Go away to put the fourth on the scoreboard and sentence a Gamper who will be remembered for the exhibition given by the young Barça promises.
Datasheet
4- FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Ronald Araujo (61′), Ronald Araujo (Sergi Roberto (32′), Koundé (Lamine Yamal) (80′), Balde (Marcos Alonso (61′), Pedri (Abde (61′)) De Jong, Oriol Romeu (Fermin, 80′), Gavi (Gündogan, 61′), Raphinha (Ferran Torres, 61′) and Lewandowski (Ansu Fati, 61′)
2- Tottenham: Vicar; Pedro Porro, Dier, Davinson Sánchez, Reguilón; Skipp, (Spence, 73′), Bissouma, (Pape Sarr, 88′), Lo Celso; Solomon, Richarlison (Scarlett, 77′) and Perisic (Devine, 73′)
GOALS: 1-0 Lewandowski (3′), 1-1 Skipp (23′), 1-2 Skipp (37′), 2-2 Ferran Torres (81′), 3-2 Ansu Fati (90′), 4- 2 Abde (92′)
REFEREE: Gil Manzano. He admonished Bissouma (26′).
INCIDENCES: Match played at the Olympic stadium in Montjuïc in front of 35,224 spectators
2023-08-08 20:17:23
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