Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski didn’t let his age affect his performance. As he transformed into a vegetarian gang. At 35, he scored a brace to help his team draw 2-2 with AC Milan. Which kept the modern team unbeaten in normal time. It was a pity that he lost in the shooting.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is full of confidence from the team’s unbeaten performance in the previous two pre-season tours of the United States. The team is experimenting with Andreas Christensen as a #6 midfield pair. Ilkay Gundoan, who likes to criticize his teammates, as #10 and Robert Lewandowski as the striker. UFABET
Head coach Paulo Fonseca has a good record in the United States. Winning over both Manchester City and Real Madrid, so he is quite aggressive. About 80% of the senior team has been deployed, placing local favorite Christian Pulisic, a player for the US national team, as the playmaker. The left wing has Rafael Leo, creating danger.
Just 10 minutes in.
Milan took a 1-0 lead. The counter-attack came down the right and the ball was passed into the opponent’s third area, where Pulisic beat the offside trap and waited for the right moment to cut low to the far post, where Luka Jovic flicked it into the net from 4 yards.
‘The Red and Black Devils’ led 2-0 in the 15th minute. This time, they switched to playing on the left. Leo spread out to open up space before the end line and stabbed there. Pulisic sped up to follow and control the ball into the frame and shot from a tight angle past Ter Stegen, who did not cover the near post well enough.
Exchanging punches in the 22nd minute, ‘Barca’ scored 1-2. Ter Stegen’s kick attacked from the left. Milan’s hanging man Alexis Saelemaekers made a poor interception, which fell to Rafinha. He dribbled the ball into the penalty area to Lewandowski, who looked for an angle and kicked it from 20 yards, curving into the right post. This was the result at the end of the half.
Until the 58th minute, ‘Azulgrana’ who had the ball completely showed off their well-practiced passing skills, starting with the center backs, extending to the middle of the field, leaving the midfielders to turn and pass to the #10 position, passing it once to the right winger who broke into the frame, then scooped it over to Lewandowski who scored a sharp, precise goal to tie the game 2-2.
Then, according to the formula.
players were substituted at the 60th, 75th and last 5 minutes until the game’s efficiency decreased. The game ended in a 2-2 draw at the end of normal time, so it had to go to a penalty shootout.
The Rossoneri, who were more accurate than Calabria’s Okafor, Adli and Ceroli, won 4-3 in a thrilling match for the home fans.
Next up, Barcelona return to Europe for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Monaco (August 12), while Milan return to Europe for the Silvio Berlusconi Trophy against Monza (August 13).