AGONIC VICTORY FOR XAVI
Barça suffers to finish the season with a win in Australia (2-3)
Published:25/05/2022 - 14:09h
Updated:25/05/2022 - 17:35h
FC Barcelona held an agonizing victory against the A-League 'All Stars' of Australia. The commitment painted of azulgrana, but the locals knew how to face Xavi's possession game
The FC Barcelona closed the season with a suffered victory in a friendly in front of the team 'All Star' of the To-League Australian. The Barcelona kept a clear command on the terrain of game and moved it in the marker in the first part, although they finish seeing like the Australians traced back in the second and complicated the duel. Luckily, the culés knew to give him the turn to the marker to finish winning with a goal of Ansu Fati (2-3).
The Barça did not renounce to his habits and sustained the possession of the balloon during the crash. The first part was full of occasions, with Alejandro Balde 'apisonador' in his desbordes by the left band. Dembélé Also gave a lot of depth in this side and after a pass of Gavi could break the 0-0 to the 34' minutes with a 'zurdazo' crusader to the stick of the guardameta.
However, the venues took advantage of some embarrassments in the medullary to create danger under the arch of Ter Stegen and Arnau Tenas. The canterano went in in the second part and saw like the ones of the To-League lumbered with him two goals to give him the turn to the marker. The first arrived to the 47' after a bad clear and Piscopo arrived only backwards to push it. The second would arrive in the feet of Traoré, after a fast exit that left badly stopped to the defence culé and with a finish violent that would break the plane of the goalkeeper.
A Barça with answer
The second half was full of emotions, as the commitment tornó of gone and turn. After varied adjust in the Catalan group, would arrive the equality in the feet of Adama, the one who after not being fine, took out a finish powerful to the 71' that took desprevenido to Redmayne and would put again in the party to the ones of the Camp Nou. Nevertheless, ingresaría Ansu Fati, one of the 'jewels' of the staff and the 'weapon' preferred of Xavi.
The one of Guinéa-Bisáu did not take a lot in doing feel. With so alone four minutes in the field, saw like Antonio Aranda made a played magistral in where it evaded to several players and remained the shot served so that the '10' of the Barça finished to sign a traced back more than necessary in the Accord Stadium of Sidney. A triumph with flavour agridulce by the feelings, but necessary to go on holiday winning.
Technical index card of the party: To-League 'All Stars' 2-3 FC Barcelona
- To-League 'All Stars': Kurto (min. 46', Redmayne); Mariappa (min. 58', Neville), Davidson (min. 29', Traoré), Rowles, Grant (min. 86', Popovic); Rodwell (min 58', Sánchez), Or'shea (min. 79', Timmins); Penha (min. 58' Ninkovic), Cáceres (min. 73', Boumal), Piscopo (min. 64', Irankunda); Cummings (min 56'. Kuol)
- FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen (min. 46', Tenas); Araújo, Alves, Umtiti (min. 73', Marmol), Balde (min. 62', Alba); Busquets (min. 79', Jandro), Gavi (min. 73', Of Jong), Álvaro Sanz (min. 62', Aranda); Dembélé, Adama (min. 73', Ansu Fati) and Luuk of Jong (min. 62', Aubameyang)
- Referee: Alex King
- Goals of the party: 0-1 Dembélé (min. 34'); 1-1, Piscopo (min. 47'); 2-1 Traoré (min. 53'); 2-2 Adama (min. 71'); 2-3 Ansu Fati (min. 77')