The Barcelona team won a convincing victory over Vesel Cuban 3-1 in the friendly match that was held on Sunday afternoon at the “Keep Home”, as part of the Catalan team’s preparations for the 2025-2026 season competitions.
An early offensive superiority from Barcelona
Barcelona opened the scoring in the 33rd minute through defender Eric Garcia, who followed a ball inside the penalty area and successfully placed it in the net of Vesel Kobe, to give his team an advantage over the level of the result and performance.
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However, the owners of the land managed to take advantage of a defensive gag committed by Kobarsi, to adjust the result with the aim of bearing the signature of Tissy Miashiro in the 43rd minute, to end the first half with a 1-1 draw.
The goal of Vesel after the Coparssian errorpic.twitter.com/yiv0qq6mcf
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Technical changes that bear fruit in the second half
With the start of the second half, coach Hans Felk decided to make a number of adjustments in the formation, as he paid a different squad that included Chesney in goalkeeping, and the defensive quadruple Conde, Araujo, Christine, Jovri Torrents, while Casado, De Jong, and Olmo took over the midfield, behind an offensive trio consisting of Bardgji, Lewandowski, and Raford.
These changes showed its results in the 77th minute when Rooney Bardggi succeeded in scoring the second goal with a powerful shot that shook the Japanese team.
Rowouni’s goal pic.twitter.com/kasquutn7nh
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In the 87th minute, Drew Fernandez added the third goal for Barcelona after a missile shot that confirmed the superiority of the Spanish team.
Drooooooo pic.twitter.com/wq3cojohx
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Balanced performance and participation of Rashford for the first time
The match witnessed the first appearance of the English winger Marcus Rashford in the Barcelona shirt, where he participated in the second half before being replaced by Gerard Martin. His participation came within a group of new reinforcements concluded by the club, most notably the contract with goalkeeper Juan Garcia from Espanyol.
Barcelona’s basic formation at the beginning of the meeting
Barcelona began the meeting with a formation consisting of Juan Garcia in the goalkeeper, and in front of him the quadruple defense in Addi, Enigo, Cubarry, Eric Garcia, and in the tripartite midfield Javi, Firmin, and Bidry, while he relied on the attack on the trio Ravenia, Lamin Yamal, and Jiran Torres.
Barcelona begins preparing with confidence after an exceptional season
This victory comes after a historic season in which Barcelona achieved the local triple, by crowning the Spanish League title, the King’s Cup, and the Spanish Super Cup, which gives the team a strong moral boost with the beginning of its preparations for the new season.
