The FC Barcelona closed the year 2023 with a friendly party in United States and surely has had the best possible illustration of what are being his current problems on the field. The Barcelona group fell in his visit to Dallas against the Club America (3-2) after advancing in the marker until in two occasions and see like the Mexicans have traced back the party and have finish carrying the triumph in the celebrated duel in the Cotton Bowl Stadium.
The party, that marked the debut of until five canteranos with the first team, showed again the defensive problems of the Barça and also the fault of puntería to the hour to be able to take advantage of the best possible the occasions that generates during the meeting. Yes that it has to highlight the good performances of some players of the Masia that were in the XI, as they were Héctor Fort, Lamine Yamal and Marc Guiu, all involved in the two goals that annotated the team of Xavi Hernández.
Already to the 5', Lamine, took advantage of his titularity to show all the danger that can create when has space by in front to drive with the balloon. The talentoso extreme culé recovered him possession on the line of the half field and from there was happening rivals to mark a very good goal with a definition crossed in front of the guardameta rival, a pair of metres after ingresar to the area of the Mexican club.
1-0 for the Barça, but as we already explained, the America attained to replace of this hit tempranero afterwards that Julián Quiñonez marked the tie less than 10 minutes afterwards. The forward colombo-Mexican would finish of heel a played that initiated with a centre from the left that could not clear properly one of the debutantes, Pau Cubarsí, and later the balloon would finish him arriving to the '9' from the right sector of the Barcelona area.
Xavi would bet by a XI full of canteranos, accompanied of Christensen, Frenkie of Jong and Joao Félix, in addition to Lamine, regarding players of the first team. The first-half of the party would finish with partial victory for the Barça after a big combination between Lamine, Unai and Fort, the one who finally ingresó to the area and put a big pass raso for Marc Guiu that had his first titularity with the technician egarense and showed him his capacity goleadora, further to treat of a friendly duel.
The second time, as it was to expect , was marker by the changes in both teams and, in fact, in the Barça for the complement of the party no longer went out neither Christensen, neither Of Jong neither Joao Félix. Xavi gave entry to Mika Faye, Ferran (captain of field) and Oriol Romeu. With alone 5 minutes of game in the second half of the party would arrive again the tie of the America, again with Quiñones winning to the guardameta Astralaga, the one who before the leave to the changing room had had two very good interventions.
The culés fit the 2-2 after a long pass of the goalkeeper of the America, very bad read by Héctor Fort that remained badly positioned, leaving that the extreme tried a pass to the space for Quiñones. The goleador of the Mexican team was anticipated of good way by Cubarsí, but the central of 16 years could not remain with the balloon and finished leaving him in tray of silver the goal to the forward, the one who did not go to fail with a definition to the long stick.
From that minute 50 until the 82', moment of the 2-3 definite, the Barça would make seven changes more, giving entry to headlines like Lewandowski and Joao Cancel, in addition to other debutantes like Kochen and Mbacke. The goal of the triumph of the America would arrive from the head Henry Martín, after a shot of corner played in short by the Mexican team and that later yes that would send the balloon to the area to be finished by the forward, the one who had replaced to Quiñones in the party.
Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 2-3 America
- FC Barcelona: Astralaga; Héctor Fort, Pau Cubarsí (Mbacke, min. 72), Christensen (Mika Faye, min. 45), Gerard (Cancel, min. 7'); Casadó (Pau Prim, min. 72), Frenkie of Jong (Oriol, min. 45), Fermín (Romeu, min. 67); Lamine (Alarcón, min. 72), Marc Guiu (Lewandowski, min. 72) and Joao Félix (Ferran, min. 45).
- America: Luis Malagón (Óscar Jiménez, min. 45); Kevin Álvarez (Emilio Lara, min. 45), Israel Kings, Ramón Juárez, Salvador Kings (Luis Sources, min. 62); Jonathan Two Saints (Santiago Naveda, min. 45), Richard Sánchez, Jonathan Rodríguez (Álvaro Fidalgo, min. 62), Leonardo Suárez (Diego Valdés, min. 62), Alejandro Zendejas (Brian Rodríguez, min. 62); Julián Quiñones (Henry Martín, min. 62).
- Incidences: friendly Party.
- Goals of the party: 1-0, Lamine Yamal (min. 5); 1-1, Julián Quiñones (min. 12); 2-1, Marc Guiu (min. 28); 2-2, Julián Quiñones (min. 50); 2-3, Henry Martín (min. 82)
News stood out of the FC Barcelona vs America
- Next party: The Palms vs FC Barcelona (Day 19, LaLiga 2023-2024).